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耄耋

mào dié

2-character word

What 耄耋 means

1. extremely aged
2. gray and venerable

The characters in 耄耋

• 耄màoextremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s); octogenarian; nonagenarian
• 耋diéaged; in one's eighties

Example sentences

• 克莱恩女士虽已至耄耋之年，但仍然很活泼。
  Kèlái ēn nǚshì suī yǐ zhì màodiézhīnián, dàn réngrán hěn huópo.
  Although Mrs Crane is at her eighties，she is still vivacious.

Words starting with 耄耋

• 耄耋之年mào dié zhī niánold age (in one's 80s, 90s, or more)