As the years go by
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Ni á nshu ā ISU ì m ù, which means aging and the end of life. It comes from the biography of Liu Xiangzhuan in the book of Han by Ban Gu in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Idioms and allusions
Ban Gu's Han Shu Liu Xiangzhuan in the Eastern Han Dynasty: "I'm afraid I can't be confident at the end of my life. I'm afraid I'll be a stranger. How can I be safe?"
Discrimination of words
Idiom usage: used as predicate and attribute; used in figurative sentences
As the years go by
being oppressed by officials , the masses revolt against them - guān bī mín fǎn
Dye the hair and seed the teeth - rǎn xū zhǒng chǐ
Give a gift an inch, give a gift a foot - ràng lǐ yī cùn ,dé lǐ yī chǐ
words cannot express all one intends to say - shū bù jìn yì