From the basics of characters to complex idioms, Chinese learning can be challenging. This free guide highlights the idiom 「黃發台背」. Details below.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「黃發台背」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
Refers to a long-lived elderly person. Later it also refers to the elderly in general. Yellow hair refers to the hair of the elderly turning from white to yellow. Taibei refers to the spots on the back of an elderly person, like the back of a bonito. Tai, the same as “鮐”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
huáng fā tái bèi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
wong4 faat3 toi2/toi4 bui3
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