Characters
- 未 (未): not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
- 老 (老): prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
- 先 (先): beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- 衰 (衰): variant of 縗|缞[cui1]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 未老先衰
- MDBG: 未老先衰
- Examples with 未老先衰 on Tatoeba
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