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Hi guys, thanks for having me. 

 

My family bought an ‘antique’ (not sure of the age) Chinese cupboard which, along with other beautiful decorations, features to rows  mandarin characters numbering 8 in total. As I am ignorant of the noble Chinese language, it would take a lot of time to figure out the meaning of these characters, so I hoped that some of you could please help me with a translation. Thank you for your time.

 

I provide a link to a gallery of uploaded photos showing the inscriptions in question. 

 

https://postimg.org/gallery/11qvsfl36/2d30a74a/

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On the right is 白頭偕老 (諧 is incorrect spelling) literally "white head together old" -> to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss

On the left is 夫婦齊昌 literally "husband wife together prosperous" -> shouldn't need more explanation I guess

 

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oops, you're right, lips

夫婦齊眉

齊眉 means (husband and wife) love and respect each other

like this:

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