old but still vigorous in mind and body(bǎo dāo wèi lǎo)

old but still vigorous in mind and body

Baodao is not old, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ǎ OD ā ow è IL ǎ o, which describes a person who is still powerful in old age, no less majestic. From the romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, attributive and complement. It is used as a metaphor to show that a veteran is as brave as he was. Although grandfather is very old, he still goes out for morning exercises every day. the general and the soldiers are fighting together.

Idiom story

Zhang Ying, the general of Wei Dynasty, attacked Hanzhong area of Shu state (now Hanzhong area of Shaanxi Province), and the general was in a hurry. Veteran Huang Zhong volunteered to fight, and let Yan Yan, who is also a veteran, be his deputy. When the two armies confronted each other, Zhang Ying laughed at Huang Zhong for coming out to fight when he was so old. Huang Zhong said angrily, "Lizi deceives my old age. My sword is not old." ① 1 "the upright son deceives me to be old, but the sword in my hand is not old." You think I'm old, but the sword in my hand is not old. “

Chinese PinYin : bǎo dāo wèi lǎo