in one 's seventies and eighties(qī lǎo bā dǎo)

in one 's seventies and eighties

Qi Lao Ba Dao, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ī L ǎ ob ā D ǎ o, which means to describe old age and physical decline. From the fish Buddha.

The origin of Idioms

In Ming Dynasty, Yushan hermit's "fish Buddha" is the first one: "when you are old and stooped, the rich will die, and the poor will die."

Idiom usage

As a predicate or attributive; used in spoken English.

Analysis of Idioms

Old age

Chinese PinYin : qī lǎo bā dǎo