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


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