Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「未老先衰」 and its explanation.
Let’s learn about the idiom 「未老先衰」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.
He is getting old at a young age. It usually refers to premature aging due to excessive mental or physical burden.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wèi lǎo xiān shuāi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
mei6 lou5 sin1 seui1
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