返老还童
fánlǎo-huántóngTraditional 返老還童
to recover one's youthful vigor; rejuvenation
Every meaning
fǎnlǎo-huántóng
- to recover one's youthful vigor; rejuvenation
Its characters
- 返fǎnto return; to go back (as in 返回, 往返)
- 老lǎoold; aged
- 还huánto return; to give back
- 童tóngchild (as in 儿童)
Words with 返
- 返回fǎnhuíto return
- 往返wángfǎnto go back and forth
- 重返chóngfǎnto return to
- 返还fǎnhuánto return
- 流连忘返liúlián-wàngfǎnto enjoy oneself so much one forgets to go home
- 返璞归真fǎnpú-guīzhēnto return to simplicity
- 积重难返jīzhòng-nánfǎningrained bad habits are hard to change
- 回光返照huíguāng-fǎnzhàolast radiance of the setting sun
Words with 老
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.