A toothless child

A toothless child

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ǐ Hu ō t ó ut ó ng, which means missing teeth and bald, refers to the old state. From suchai city.

The origin of Idioms

Chen Shidao of Song Dynasty wrote the poem "sleeping in the firewood city": "when you lie down and bury the dust and leave the smoke, you will lose your teeth and the children will not care about their age."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: old age antonym: vitality

Idiom usage

As predicate, attributive, object; used of the elderly. Example: Fang Wu, a child with a toothed head, is a poor old man. In the Song Dynasty, Lu You's "show son", the spring scenery was damaged by the earth shaking, and the teeth were broken when a child was consecrated. Song · Chen Yuyi's "in the rain to the wine court under the Begonia after the rain does not thank"