a good sword remains always sharp
Baodaobulao, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ǎ OD ā ob ù L ǎ o, which means that although he is old or has been away from the profession for a long time, his kung fu or skill has not declined. From the romance of the Three Kingdoms.
The origin of Idioms
The 70th chapter of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of Ming Dynasty: "Zhang Ying went out to meet Huang Zhong and said with a smile," you are so old that you don't know how to be ashamed. Do you still want to go out? " Zhongnu said: "Lizi deceives my old age! The sword in my hand is not old. "
Idiom usage
It is used as predicate, attributive and complement.
Examples
I wish you a great future.
Chinese PinYin : bǎo dāo bù lǎo
a good sword remains always sharp
have all kinds of connections with. qiān sī wàn lǚ
Dye the green and the yellow. rǎn cāng rǎn huáng
one can't make bricks without straw. qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī
having maps on the left and history books on the right -- a home library. zuǒ tú yòu shǐ