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Simplfied Chinese
老话
Traditional Chinese
老話
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
lǎo huà
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
lou5 wa6
Short definition old saying
Usage frequency Somewhat infrequent
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All available English definitions old sayingAdso icon /
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: old saying
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: sameadso
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好人(hǎo rén) good person
(bù) not
长命(cháng mìng) longevous
(shì) is
(jù) clause
(huò) or
(zhēn) true
(huò) or
假的(jiǎ de) mock
老话(lǎo huà) old saying

"The good die young" is an old saying which may or may not be true.

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