马齿徒增

Traditional: 馬齒徒增

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Dictionary entry

(self-deprecating) to have grown old without accomplishing anything (idiom)

What does 马齿徒增 mean?

马齿徒增 (mǎ chǐ tú zēng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(self-deprecating) to have grown old without accomplishing anything (idiom)

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马Mǎsurname Ma · abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]齿chǐ(bound form) tooth · (bound form) to regard as worthy of mention 徒Túsurname Tu 增zēng(bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to

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