Yí wèi juéshuò de lǎorén měitiān zǎoshang zài gōngyuán lǐ dǎ tàijíquán.
A spry old man does tai chi in the park every morning.
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usage
Said only of elderly people, almost always in the phrase 精神矍铄 'full of vigor despite their age'. It is a compliment, common in speeches and birthday wishes for the old.
history
It goes back to the Eastern Han general 马援, who at sixty-two leapt into the saddle to show the emperor he was still fit for war. The emperor laughed: 矍铄哉是翁也 'how hale this old man is!'
