shěn​yāo​pān​bìn

physically weak and aging

Senses

沈腰潘鬓/ 沈腰潘鬢 shěn​yāo​pān​bìn physically weak and aging

(literary) describes a man's wasting health and graying hair. The phrase references 沈约 shěn​yuē, who became thin from illness, and 潘岳 pān​yuè, whose hair turned white at a young age.

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