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


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