Though he is nearly seventy, he is still hale and hearty.
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history
From a poem Du Fu wrote at the Qujiang Pool in Chang'an: 人生七十古来稀, 'living to seventy has always been rare'. 古稀, 'rare since ancient times', became a polite name for the age of seventy, as in 年逾古稀 'over seventy'.
usage
Classical names for ages, the first three from the Analects: 而立 30, 不惑 40, 知天命 50, 花甲 60, 古稀 70.
