Long life does not hold one's post down
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is sh ò UB ù y ā zh í, which means only about position, regardless of age. From fan Zhang Ji Shu by Gong Tianting of Yuan Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
The first fold of fan Zhang Ji Shu by Gong Tianting in Yuan Dynasty: "no gift, no gift! If you want to return the courtesy to me, I'll say, "I'm too old for my duty."
Idiom usage
To act as an object or attributive
Long life does not hold one's post down
be completely indifferent to others ' words - fēng chuī mǎ ěr
discourse at random of things past and present - shuō gǔ dào jīn
fowls and dogs turn immortals -- relatives and followers of a high official got promotion after him - jī quǎn shēng tiān