寶刀不老

Chinese

		rare or expensive sword or dagger	eternal youth; immortality
trad. (寶刀不老)		寶刀	不老
simp. (宝刀不老)		宝刀	不老
Literally: “the treasure sword has not aged”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎodāobùlǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄉㄠ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² dou¹ bat¹ lou⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎodāobùlǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄉㄠ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎodaobùlǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-tao¹-pu⁴-lao³
    • Yale: bǎu-dāu-bù-lǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baodaubulao
    • Palladius: баодаобулао (baodaobulao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² dou¹ bat¹ lou⁵
    • Yale: bóu dōu bāt lóuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² dou¹ bat⁷ lou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² dou¹ bed¹ lou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ tou̯⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ lou̯¹³/

Idiom

寶刀不老

1. old but still got it; as vigorous and active as before; just as skilled as when one was young

Synonyms

• 寶刀未老／宝刀未老 (bǎodāowèilǎo)