长生不老

長生不老

chángshēng-bùlǎo

idiom #15,244

Meanings

1 to live forever and never grow old
2 immortality

Characters

Examples

古代皇帝都梦想长生不老。

Gǔdài huángdì dōu mèngxiǎng chángshēngbùlǎo.

Ancient emperors all dreamed of living forever.

世界上没有长生不老的药。

Shìjiè shàng méiyǒu chángshēngbùlǎo de yào.

There is no elixir of immortality in this world.

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history

秦始皇 (Qín Shǐhuáng) famously sent expeditions to find the 长生不老药 (elixir of immortality). Many Daoist alchemists spent centuries pursuing this goal.

Stroke Order

长 cháng

生 shēng

不 bù

老 lǎo