八十岁学吹鼓手
bā​shí​suì​xué​chuī​gǔ​shǒu

too late

  • created reference approved 八十岁学吹鼓手/八十歲學吹鼓手 → 吹鼓手 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    八十岁学吹鼓手 / 八十歲學吹鼓手 bā​shí​suì​xué​chuī​gǔ​shǒu

    吹鼓手 chuī​gǔ​shǒu

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 八十岁学吹鼓手/八十歲學吹鼓手 · bā​shí​suì​xué​chuī​gǔ​shǒu · too late — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    八十岁学吹鼓手 / 八十歲學吹鼓手

    bā​shí​suì​xué​chuī​gǔ​shǒu

    too late

    (xiehouyu) to start learning a new skill when one is already old; too late to start something new

    八十 (literal) → 八十 · bā​shí · eighty 岁 (literal) → 岁/歲 · suì · years old 学 (literal) → 学/學 · xué · to study 吹鼓手 (literal) → 吹鼓手 · chuī​gǔ​shǒu · traditional musicians

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense