{"path":"/entry/87163","title":"老当益壮 / 老當益壯 (lǎo dāng yì zhuàng) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"老当益壮 / 老當益壯 (lǎo dāng yì zhuàng): old but vigorous (idiom) · hale and hearty despite the years. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":87163,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["老当益壮"],"TRADITIONAL":["老當益壯"]}},"phonetic":"lǎo dāng yì zhuàng","phoneticKey":"lao3 dang1 yi4 zhuang4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"old but vigorous ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"hale and hearty despite the years","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":37635,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From a quote of Ma Yuan in the Book of the Later Han by 范曄 (Fan Ye)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"丈夫为志，穷当益坚，老当益壮。","traditional":"丈夫為志，窮當益堅，老當益壯。"},"phonetic":"Zhàngfū wèi zhì, qióng dāng yì jiān, lǎodāngyìzhuàng.","english":"When a real man shows resolve, he becomes stronger when in distress, and more ambitious when he ages.","ref":"The Book of the Later Han, circa 5ᵗʰ century CE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}