白头不终 — “To fail to live out one's days together as a married couple”
白头不终 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to fail to live out one's days together as a married couple”. To not grow old together in a marriage. Literally, “Not end with white hair”.
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白头不终 Pronunciation and Pinyin
白头不终 Character Breakdown
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他们曾经深爱，但命运弄人，最终未能白头不终。
They once loved deeply, but fate intervened, and they ultimately couldn't grow old together.
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Antonyms of 白头不终
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- bái白dīng丁sú俗kè客Unlettered commoners; boorish people
- bái白yún云qīn亲shè舍missing one's parents, like white clouds over home
- bái白yún云gū孤fēi飞Longing for parents while away from home
- bái白yún云cāng苍gǒu狗worldly affairs change unpredictably
- bái白yún云qīng青shě舍yearn for distant family or hometown
- bái白tù兔chì赤wū乌the moon and sun; passage of time
- bái白dāo刀zi子jìn进，，hóng红dāo刀zi子chū出fight to the death
- bái白huá华zhī之yuàn怨lament of a discarded woman
- bái白fà发dān丹xīn心loyal and true-hearted in old age
- bái白fà发xié偕lǎo老grow old together as a loving couple
- bái白fà发qiān千zhàng丈extreme grief or worry ages one rapidly
- bái白fà发pó婆suō娑flowing white hair
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Open the tool →Questions about 白头不终
What does 白头不终 mean?
白头不终 (bái tóu bù zhōng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to fail to live out one's days together as a married couple”.
How do you pronounce 白头不终?
白头不终 is pronounced bái tóu bù zhōng in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 白头不终 literally mean?
Literally, 白头不终 means “not end with white hair”. It is used to mean “to fail to live out one's days together as a married couple”.
What is the Chinese definition of 白头不终?
指夫妇不能偕老。