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Open the tool →老蚌珠胎 (lǎo bàng zhū tāi) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “refers to an elderly woman conceiving or giving birth to a child”.
老蚌珠胎 is pronounced lǎo bàng zhū tāi in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 老蚌珠胎 means “Old oyster conceives a pearl”. It is used to mean “refers to an elderly woman conceiving or giving birth to a child”.
指老妇人得子。