衰老
shuāi lǎo
Pinyin

Definition

衰老
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shuāi lǎo
  1. to age
  2. to deteriorate with age
  3. old and weak

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

老
lǎo
  1. 1 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
  2. 2 old (of people)
  3. 3 venerable (person)
  4. 4 experienced
  5. 5 of long standing
  6. 6 always
  7. 7 all the time
  8. 8 of the past
  9. 9 very
  10. 10 outdated
  11. 11 (of meat etc) tough
老公
lǎo gōng
  1. 1 (coll.) husband
老婆
lǎo pó
  1. 1 (coll.) wife
老妈
lǎo mā
  1. 1 mother
  2. 2 mom
老师
lǎo shī
  1. 1 teacher
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 classifier: 位 wèi

Idioms (20)

一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
人生盛衰
rén shēng shèng shuāi
  1. 1 life has its ups and downs (idiom)

Sample Sentences

嗯！这些高新技术的应用都是跟我们的生活息息相关的。等到科学家们找到细胞衰老的原因，说不定我们就能活到两百岁了。还有，现在各种癌症发病率这么高，以后或许可以克隆人体器官，治疗癌症就是小菜一碟了。
ng4 ！zhèxiē gāoxīn jìshù de yìngyòng dōu shì gēn wǒmen de shēnghuó xīxīxiāngguān de 。děngdào kēxuéjiā men zhǎodào xìbāo shuāilǎo de yuányīn ，shuōbudìng wǒmen jiù néng huódào liǎngbǎi suì le 。háiyǒu ，xiànzài gèzhǒng áizhèng fābìnglǜ zhème gāo ，yǐhòu huòxǔ kěyǐ kèlóng réntǐ qìguān ，zhìliáo áizhèng jiùshì xiǎocàiyīdié le 。
Yes! All the functions of this advanced technology are all closely linked to our daily lives. Whenever scientists find the reason why cells age, we might be able to live until the age of two hundred. And with the cancer rate so high, in the future they will be able to clone human organs, making curing cancer as easy as pie.
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