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(of husband and wife) live together till old age; be a faithful old hoary-headed couple; live in harmony till old and grey; live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss

Word usage

bái tóu xié lǎo

白 头 偕 老

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sl(of husband and wife) live together till old age; be a faithful old hoary-headed couple; live in harmony till old and grey; live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss
- bǎi nián hǎo hé bái tóu xié lǎo
  百年好合，白头偕老。
  May you remain happily married to a ripe old age.
- yuàn nǐ men liǎng kǒu bái tóu xié lǎo
  愿你们两口白头偕老。
  May you two live together till old and grey.
- xīn niáng hé xīn láng biǎo shì yào hù jìng hù ài bái tóu xié lǎo
  新娘和新郎表示要互敬互爱，白头偕老。
  The bride and the bridegroom expressed that they would live in harmony and mutual respect and grow old together.
- yǒu yī zhǒng ài jiào zuò bái tóu xié lǎo ér wǒ xiǎng yào zhè zhǒng ài
  有一种爱叫做白头偕老，而我想要这种爱！
  There is a love called the white-headed conjugal bliss, and I wanted to kind of love!
synonym
bái tóu dào lǎo白头到老 bǎi nián zhī hǎo百年之好 bǎi nián xié lǎo百年偕老 bái tóu xiāng shǒu白头相守

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Note
"偕" cannot be pronounced as "jiē".

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