approaching seventy years of age

approaching seventy years of age

It's a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is Ni á NJ ì ng ǔ x ī, which means nearly 70 years old. From Qujiang.

Notes on Idioms

Guxi: refers to 70 years old.

The origin of Idioms

In the poem Qujiang written by Du Fu of Tang Dynasty, "wine debt is common everywhere, life is rare since ancient times."

Idiom usage

For example, in the book Hou Ji Lu written by Zhao lingchou of Song Dynasty, it is said that "when you make a prescription, you will be a good husband, and you will be nearly old." He is now very young and sick. When he was a first-class bodyguard in front of the emperor, his heroic spirit of carrying the throne and singing elegy had disappeared. The eighth chapter of Emperor Kangxi by Eryuehe