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Here’s the idiom 「黃發鮐背」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Yellow hair: The hair of the elderly turns from white to yellow, and later often refers to the elderly. Mackerel’s back; there are black spots on the back of mackerel, and also on the back of old people, so it is often used to refer to old people. It refers to centenarians, and also refers to the elderly in general. Also written as “yellow-haired Taibei” and “yellow-haired Taibei”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
huáng fā tái bèi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
wong4 faat3 toi4 bui3
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