Yéye qīshí le hái dēngshān, zhēnshì tàbiànqīngshānrénwèilǎo.
Grandpa is seventy and still climbs mountains - truly, one can walk every peak and not grow old.
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history
From Mao Zedong's (毛泽东) 1934 ci poem 《清平乐·会昌》: 东方欲晓，莫道君行早。踏遍青山人未老，风景这边独好。 - 'Dawn is breaking in the east; do not say your march starts too early. I have walked every green mountain yet I'm not old - the scenery here alone is fine.' Written during the Red Army's difficult pre-Long-March period in Jiangxi.
usage
Often paired with 风景这边独好. Used as a rhetorical flourish for aging revolutionaries, veteran mountaineers, or anyone claiming undimmed enthusiasm after long effort.
