马齿徒增
mǎ​chǐ​tú​zēng

to have aged in vain

  • created reference approved 马齿徒增/馬齒徒增 → 马齿徒长/馬齒徒長 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    马齿徒增 / 馬齒徒增 mǎ​chǐ​tú​zēng

    马齿徒长 / 馬齒徒長 mǎ​chǐ​tú​zhǎng

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 马齿徒增/馬齒徒增 · mǎ​chǐ​tú​zēng · to have aged in vain — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    马齿徒增 / 馬齒徒增

    mǎ​chǐ​tú​zēng

    to have aged in vain

    a self-deprecating expression used to describe having grown old without accomplishing anything; literally "one's horse teeth have merely increased"

    马齿 (literal) → 马齿/馬齒 · mǎ​chǐ · one's age 徒 (literal) → 徒 · tú · merely 增 (literal) → 增 · zēng · to increase

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

    created sense