"老當益壯" meaning in Chinese

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    {
      "english": "When a real man shows resolve, he becomes stronger when in distress, and more ambitious when he ages.",
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        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " The Book of the Later Han, circa 5ᵗʰ century CE",
      "roman": "Zhàngfū wèi zhì, qióng dāng yì jiān, lǎodāngyìzhuàng.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "丈夫為志，窮當益堅，老當益壯。",
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    },
    {
      "english": "When a real man shows resolve, he becomes stronger when in distress, and more ambitious when he ages.",
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        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " The Book of the Later Han, circa 5ᵗʰ century CE",
      "roman": "Zhàngfū wèi zhì, qióng dāng yì jiān, lǎodāngyìzhuàng.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "丈夫为志，穷当益坚，老当益壮。",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From a quote of Ma Yuan in the Book of the Later Han by 范曄 (Fan Ye)",
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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          "english": "Though being old, we should be more ambitious; how can we change our ambitions when our hair is greying?",
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            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 7th century, 王勃 (Wang Bo), 《滕王閣序》",
          "roman": "Lǎodāngyìzhuàng, níng yí báishǒu zhī xīn?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "老當益壯，寧移白首之心？",
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        },
        {
          "english": "Though being old, we should be more ambitious; how can we change our ambitions when our hair is greying?",
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            "Classical Chinese",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 7th century, 王勃 (Wang Bo), 《滕王閣序》",
          "roman": "Lǎodāngyìzhuàng, níng yí báishǒu zhī xīn?",
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          "text": "老当益壮，宁移白首之心？",
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        "to have one's ambition or resolve growing stronger even though he or she is old"
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          "resolve",
          "resolve"
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          "grow",
          "grow"
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        [
          "strong",
          "strong"
        ],
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          "old",
          "old"
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        "Fan Ye (historian)"
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎodāngyìzhuàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄤ ㄧˋ ㄓㄨㄤˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ dong¹ jik¹ zong³"
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    {
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎodāngyìzhuàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎodangyìjhuàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao³-tang¹-i⁴-chuang⁴"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎu-dāng-yì-jwàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laodangyihjuanq"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лаоданъичжуан"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laodanʺičžuan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lóuh dōng yīk jong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ dong¹ jik⁷ dzong³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ dong¹ yig¹ zong³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ tɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɪk̚⁵ t͡sɔːŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ló-tong-ek-chòng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ló-tong-ik-tsòng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "loy'dong'ekzoxng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sɔŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lawX tang 'jiek tsrjangH"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ tɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɪk̚⁵ t͡sɔːŋ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sɔŋ²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "老當益壯"
}

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      "english": "When a real man shows resolve, he becomes stronger when in distress, and more ambitious when he ages.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " The Book of the Later Han, circa 5ᵗʰ century CE",
      "roman": "Zhàngfū wèi zhì, qióng dāng yì jiān, lǎodāngyìzhuàng.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "丈夫為志，窮當益堅，老當益壯。",
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    },
    {
      "english": "When a real man shows resolve, he becomes stronger when in distress, and more ambitious when he ages.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " The Book of the Later Han, circa 5ᵗʰ century CE",
      "roman": "Zhàngfū wèi zhì, qióng dāng yì jiān, lǎodāngyìzhuàng.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "丈夫为志，穷当益坚，老当益壮。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "zh",
        "2": "范曄"
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      "name": "lw"
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  "etymology_text": "From a quote of Ma Yuan in the Book of the Later Han by 范曄 (Fan Ye)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "老当益壮",
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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        "Cantonese idioms",
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        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Chinese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 壯",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 當",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 益",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 老",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "Hokkien idioms",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
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        "Middle Chinese lemmas",
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          "raw_tags": [
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            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 7th century, 王勃 (Wang Bo), 《滕王閣序》",
          "roman": "Lǎodāngyìzhuàng, níng yí báishǒu zhī xīn?",
          "tags": [
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          "text": "老當益壯，寧移白首之心？",
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            "Classical Chinese",
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          ],
          "ref": " 7th century, 王勃 (Wang Bo), 《滕王閣序》",
          "roman": "Lǎodāngyìzhuàng, níng yí báishǒu zhī xīn?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "老当益壮，宁移白首之心？",
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        "to have one's ambition or resolve growing stronger even though he or she is old"
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          "ambition",
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        [
          "resolve",
          "resolve"
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          "grow",
          "grow"
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        [
          "strong",
          "strong"
        ],
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          "old",
          "old"
        ]
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        "Fan Ye (historian)"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎodāngyìzhuàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄤ ㄧˋ ㄓㄨㄤˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ dong¹ jik¹ zong³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "ló-tong-ek-chòng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎodāngyìzhuàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎodangyìjhuàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao³-tang¹-i⁴-chuang⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎu-dāng-yì-jwàng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laodangyihjuanq"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лаоданъичжуан"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laodanʺičžuan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lóuh dōng yīk jong"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ dong¹ jik⁷ dzong³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ dong¹ yig¹ zong³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ tɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɪk̚⁵ t͡sɔːŋ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ló-tong-ek-chòng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ló-tong-ik-tsòng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "loy'dong'ekzoxng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sɔŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lawX tang 'jiek tsrjangH"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ tɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɪk̚⁵ t͡sɔːŋ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sɔŋ²¹/"
    }
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}

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