寿比南山
shòu​bǐ​nán​shān

live as long as the Southern Mountains

  • created reference approved 寿比南山/壽比南山 → 福如东海/福如東海 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    寿比南山 / 壽比南山 shòu​bǐ​nán​shān

    福如东海 / 福如東海 fú​rú​dōng​hǎi

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 寿比南山/壽比南山 · shòu​bǐ​nán​shān · live as long as the Southern Mountains — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    寿比南山 / 壽比南山

    shòu​bǐ​nán​shān

    live as long as the Southern Mountains

    (idiom) A common birthday greeting wishing the recipient a long life like the Zhongnan Mountains; often used together with [[福如东海|福如東海|fu2 ru2 dong1 hai3]].

    寿 (literal) → 寿/壽 · shòu · longevity 比 (literal) → 比 · bǐ · to match 南山 (literal) → 南山 · nán​shān · Zhongnan Mountain

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

    created sense