偕老 in Chinese / Japanese...

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Growing Old Together

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xié lǎo

kairou

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偕老 is a Chinese, Japanese, and Korean word that means to grow/growing old together.

This will be a nice wall scroll to hang in your home if your plan is to grow old with your mate.

The White Hairs of Old Age

Until death do us part

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bái tóu xié lǎo

白頭偕老 is a Chinese proverb that means (to live together until the) white hairs of old age.

This is the Chinese way of saying “to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss” or “until death do us part.”

Hold Hands with You, Grow Old with You

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zhí zǐ zhī shǒu yǔ zǐ xié lǎo

Hold Hands with You, Grow Old with You Scroll

執子之手, 與子偕老 is a sweet Chinese phrase that means “Hold hands with you, grow old with you.”

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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
偕老 see styles	xié lǎo xie2 lao3 hsieh lao kairou / kairo かいろう	More info & calligraphy: Growing Old Together to grow old together growing old together
白頭偕老白头偕老 see styles	bái tóu xié lǎo bai2 tou2 xie2 lao3 pai t`ou hsieh lao pai tou hsieh lao	More info & calligraphy: The White Hairs of Old Age (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss; until death do us part
偕老同穴 see styles	kairoudouketsu; kairoudouketsu / kairodoketsu; kairodoketsu かいろうどうけつ; カイロウドウケツ	偕老同穴 Custom Scroll (1) (かいろうどうけつ only) (yoji) happy life partnership; living faithfully together till death; (2) (kana only) Venus's flower basket (Euplectella aspergillum)

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title	Characters	Romaji (Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Growing Old Together	偕老	kairou / kairo	xié lǎo / xie2 lao3 / xie lao / xielao	hsieh lao / hsiehlao
The White Hairs of Old Age	白頭偕老白头偕老		bái tóu xié lǎo bai2 tou2 xie2 lao3 bai tou xie lao baitouxielao	pai t`ou hsieh lao paitouhsiehlao pai tou hsieh lao
Hold Hands with You, Grow Old with You	執子之手與子偕老执子之手与子偕老		zhí zǐ zhī shǒu yǔ zǐ xié lǎo zhi2 zi3 zhi1 shou3 yu3 zi3 xie2 lao3 zhi zi zhi shou yu zi xie lao zhizizhishouyuzixielao	chih tzu chih shou yü tzu hsieh lao
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.