"返老還童" meaning in Chinese

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Phrase

IPA: /fän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯än³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /faːn³⁵ lou̯¹³ waːn²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /fän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯än³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/, /faːn³⁵ lou̯¹³ waːn²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/ Chinese transliterations: fǎnlǎohuántóng [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄈㄢˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], faan² lou⁵ waan⁴ tung⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], fǎnlǎohuántóng [Phonetic:fánlǎohuántóng] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], fǎnlǎohuántóng [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], fan³-lao³-huan²-tʻung² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], fǎn-lǎu-hwán-túng [Mandarin, Yale], faanlaohwantorng [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], фаньлаохуаньтун [Mandarin, Palladius], fanʹlaoxuanʹtun [Mandarin, Palladius], fáan lóuh wàahn tùhng [Cantonese, Yale], faan² lou⁵ waan⁴ tung⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], fan² lou⁵ wan⁴ tung⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 返老還童
  1. to recover one's youthful vigour; to become young again; to become rejuvenated in one's old age Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-返老還童-zh-phrase-Qfs1M39y Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header

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      "glosses": [
        "to recover one's youthful vigour; to become young again; to become rejuvenated in one's old age"
      ],
      "id": "en-返老還童-zh-phrase-Qfs1M39y",
      "links": [
        [
          "recover",
          "recover"
        ],
        [
          "youthful",
          "youthful"
        ],
        [
          "vigour",
          "vigour"
        ],
        [
          "young",
          "young"
        ],
        [
          "rejuvenated",
          "rejuvenated"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fǎnlǎohuántóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄢˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "faan² lou⁵ waan⁴ tung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fǎnlǎohuántóng [Phonetic:fánlǎohuántóng]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fǎnlǎohuántóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fan³-lao³-huan²-tʻung²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fǎn-lǎu-hwán-túng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "faanlaohwantorng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "фаньлаохуаньтун"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fanʹlaoxuanʹtun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯än³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fáan lóuh wàahn tùhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "faan² lou⁵ waan⁴ tung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fan² lou⁵ wan⁴ tung⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/faːn³⁵ lou̯¹³ waːn²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: fánlǎohuántóng]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯än³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/faːn³⁵ lou̯¹³ waːn²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "返老還童"
}
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      },
      "expansion": "返老還童",
      "name": "head"
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
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        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
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        "Chinese four-character idioms",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin four-character idioms",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to recover one's youthful vigour; to become young again; to become rejuvenated in one's old age"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "recover",
          "recover"
        ],
        [
          "youthful",
          "youthful"
        ],
        [
          "vigour",
          "vigour"
        ],
        [
          "young",
          "young"
        ],
        [
          "rejuvenated",
          "rejuvenated"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fǎnlǎohuántóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄈㄢˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "faan² lou⁵ waan⁴ tung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fǎnlǎohuántóng [Phonetic:fánlǎohuántóng]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fǎnlǎohuántóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fan³-lao³-huan²-tʻung²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fǎn-lǎu-hwán-túng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "faanlaohwantorng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "фаньлаохуаньтун"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fanʹlaoxuanʹtun"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯än³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fáan lóuh wàahn tùhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "faan² lou⁵ waan⁴ tung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fan² lou⁵ wan⁴ tung⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/faːn³⁵ lou̯¹³ waːn²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: fánlǎohuántóng]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯än³⁵ tʰʊŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/faːn³⁵ lou̯¹³ waːn²¹ tʰʊŋ²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "返老還童"
}

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