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未老先衰

wèi lǎo xiān shuāi

4-character word

What 未老先衰 means

1. to age prematurely

The characters in 未老先衰

• 未wèinot yet; did not; have not
• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
• 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now
• 衰shuāi(bound form) to decay; to decline; to wane

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