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耄耋之年

mào dié zhī nián

4-character word

What 耄耋之年 means

1. old age (in one's 80s, 90s, or more)

The characters in 耄耋之年

• 耄màoextremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s); octogenarian; nonagenarian
• 耋diéaged; in one's eighties
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 年niányear

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.