長生不老

長生不老

1. to live forever and never grow old

   • 出家人長生不老，煉藥修真，降龍伏虎，到大來悠哉也呵。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     出家人长生不老，炼药修真，降龙伏虎，到大来悠哉也呵。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 元．馬致遠《黃粱夢》第一折

     Chūjiārén chángshēngbùlǎo, liànyào xiū zhēn, jiànglóngfúhǔ, dào dà lái yōuzāi yě hē. [Pinyin]

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   • 朕建高臺峻閣，欲與神仙往來，以求長生不老之方。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     朕建高台峻阁，欲与神仙往来，以求长生不老之方。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE

     Zhèn jiàn gāotái jùn gé, yù yǔ shénxiān wǎnglái, yǐqiú chángshēngbùlǎo zhī fāng. [Pinyin]

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   • 2025 September 4, Anton Troianovski, Chris Buckley, “習近平和普丁談及器官移植與「長生不老」 [In a Hot Mic Moment, Xi and Putin Muse About Living Forever]”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     「隨著生物技術取得進展，」這名翻譯用普通話把普丁的回答轉述給習近平，「人類器官會不斷移植，甚至越活越年輕，甚至會長生不老。」 [MSC, trad.]
     「随着生物技术取得进展，」这名翻译用普通话把普丁的回答转述给习近平，「人类器官会不断移植，甚至越活越年轻，甚至会长生不老。」 [MSC, simp.]

     “suízhe shēngwùjìshù qǔdé jìnzhǎn,” zhè míng fānyì yòng pǔtōnghuà bǎ Pǔdīng de huídá zhuǎnshù gěi Xí Jìnpíng, “rénlèi qìguān huì bùduàn yízhí, shènzhì yuè huó yuè niánqīng, shènzhì huì chángshēngbùlǎo.” [Pinyin]

     “Biotechnology is making advances,” Mr. Putin responded, according to the translator, now speaking in Mandarin for Mr. Xi. “There’ll be constant transplants of human organs, and maybe even people will grow younger as they age — even achieving immortality.”

長生不老

1. chữ Hán form of trường sinh bất lão (“immortal”)