頤養天年

颐
頤
养
養
天
天
年
年
lit. to nurture one's years (idiom) / fig. to enjoy one's later years

Characters and words in 頤養天年

颐
頤
yí = y + Ø2
cheek / lower cheek / chin / jaw / to nourish
颐
頤
养
養
to nourish / to nurture / to strengthen
养
養
yǎng = y + ang3
to raise (animals) / to bring up (children) / to keep (pets) / to support / to give birth
Add a new mnemonic for 养 = 介 + 羊
养 = 介 + 羊 : Maud Younger wants to send a sheep to the moon using a rocket in the anglepod.
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天
tia̅n = ti + an1
day / sky / heaven
Add a new mnemonic for 天 = 一 + 大
天 = 一 + 大 : Mnemonic symbol: an angel from heaven. Mother Teresa (ti) programmed a robot (大) to play a flute duet together with her in front of the anthill (an1). As they play their flutes (一) an angel (mnemonic symbol for 天) hears their heavenly tune and descends from heaven (天) to listen to them.
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天
年
natural life span
年
nián = ni + an2
surname Nian
Add a new mnemonic for 年 = 午 + 丨 + 一
年
nián = ni + an2
year / CL:個|个[ge4]
Add a new mnemonic for 年 = 午 + 丨 + 一
年 = 午 + 丨 + 一 : Nefertiti (ni) is having lunch (午) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Unfortunately they didn't have any cutlery left so she has to use a dinosaur bone (丨) and a flute (一) instead of fork and knife. It will take her a whole year (年) to finish her lunch this way.
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年
秊
nián = ni + an2
grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年[nian2]
Add a new mnemonic for 年 = 午 + 丨 + 一
Add a new mnemonic for 秊 = 禾 + 千

Words with 頤養天年

頤養天年 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 頤養天年

頤養天年 currently does not appear in any sentence.
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