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長命百歲

chángmìngbǎisuì

ㄔㄤˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄅㄞˇ ㄙㄨㄟˋ

Simplified 长命百岁

  1. 1(idiom) to live to be a hundred years old (often used as a blessing or wish for longevity)
Example

想長命百歲有一個萬無一失的方法:每天吃一顆獅子頭,吃一百年。

xiǎng chángmìngbǎisuì yǒu yíge wànwúyìshī de fāngfǎ měitiān chī yì kē shīzitóu chī yì bǎinián

There's one surefire way to live to a ripe old age: eat a meatball a day for a hundred years.

Keep 長命百歲 and it comes back until you know it.

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