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longevity / long-lived
HSK 5
sushi
HSK 5
life span / life expectancy / lifetime (of a machine)
HSK 7-9
happiness and longevity
Shouwangfen town, in Chengde 承德市, Hebei
Yanshou county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨, Heilongjiang / to extend life
Lingshou, a county in Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市, Hebei
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  *壽* | 壽* | *壽
surname Shou
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  *壽* | 壽* | *壽
long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary
birthday present (for an old person)
one's allotted lifespan
human lifespan / life insurance (abbr. for 人壽保險|人寿保险)
to increase luck and longevity
life insurance (abbr. for 人壽保險|人寿保险)
(bird species of China) Blyth's paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis)
long-lived people, rich harvests (idiom); stable and affluent society / prosperity
Shouyang county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中, Shanxi
god of longevity / elderly person whose birthday is being celebrated
(polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday)
Renshou County in Meishan 眉山市, Sichuan
life expectancy
birthday banquet
Aztec or African marigold (Tagetes erecta)
to die young / (Tw) (curse word) drop dead / go to hell / (literary) short life and long life
to make life longer / to promise longevity / (this product will) extend your life
coffin
Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom) / Long may you live!
predestined lifespan
to have one's life shortened (by excesses etc)
longevity / venerable age / your venerable age?
to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life
may you enjoy boundless longevity (idiom) / long may you live
mourning hall / a hall for a birthday celebration
burial clothes
Shou County or Shouxian, a county in Huainan City 淮南市, Anhui
long life / life span
Renshou County in Meishan 眉山市, Sichuan
Longevity Hill in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园, Beijing
Shouguang, a county-level city in Weifang City 濰坊市|潍坊市, Shandong
Yanshou county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨, Heilongjiang
predestined length of life
good luck and long life
congratulate an elderly person on his birthday / offer birthday felicitations
Hanshou county in Changde 常德, Hunan
Yongshou County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳, Shaanxi
Shouning, a county in Ningde City 寧德市|宁德市, Fujian
life insurance
lifetime / length of life
rank, wealth, and long life
to take care of one's spirit and keep fit (idiom)
conveyor belt sushi (restaurant)
sukiyaki
Chen Shou (233-297), Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋 historian, author of History of the Three Kingdoms 三國志|三国志
Shoufeng township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县, east Taiwan
inarizushi (pouch of fried tofu typically filled with rice)
Shoufeng township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县, east Taiwan
boundless life (expression of good wishes) / Amitayus, the Buddha of measureless life, good fortune and wisdom
child whose birthday is being celebrated / birthday boy / birthday girl
Li Yanshou (fl. 650), compiler of History of the Southern 南史 and Northern Dynasties 北史
length of life / life span
longevity peach bun / birthday peach bun
(bird species of China) Amur paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone incei)
variant of 做壽|做寿
to celebrate a birthday (of an elderly person)
(bird species of China) Indian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi)
77th birthday (honorific, archaic or Japanese term)
one's days are numbered / not to have long to live (often fig.)
(myth.) peaches of immortality, kept by Xi Wangmu / fresh or confectionery peaches offered as a birthday gift
birthday cake
to die of old age / to live to a ripe old age / (fig.) (of sth) to come to an end (after a long period of service)
birthday (of an old person)
Shouyang county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中, Shanxi
birthday noodles (for longevity)
Yongshou County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳, Shaanxi
Hanshou county in Changde 常德, Hunan
to offer birthday congratulations (to an elderly person)
giant Amazon snail (Ampullaria gigas spix) that has devastated rice paddies in China since its introduction in the 1980s
(bird species of China) black paradise flycatcher; Japanese paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata)
Changshou, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆


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