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


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