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枯楊生稊
kū​yáng​shēng​tí

to marry a young wife as an old man

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枯杨生稊/ 枯楊生稊 kū​yáng​shēng​tí to marry a young wife as an old man

Literally "a withered poplar grows a new shoot"; used to describe an old man marrying a young woman or fathering a child at an advanced age.

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