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白頭偕老 (baak6 tau4 gaai1 lou5) — happily married till ripe old age in Cantonese

baakˍ₆白tauˎ₄頭gaaiˉ¹偕louˏ₅老
简 白头偕老
Mandarin Pinyin: bai2 tou2 xie2 lao3

Meaning of 白頭偕老

nounhappily married till ripe old age

Characters in 白頭偕老

白baak6
the spoken part in an opera, etc.
頭tau4
head; hair; hairstyle
偕gaai1
together with; in the company of
老lou5
a particle used before a man's family name to indicate familiarity and friendship

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