"Eight-legged" is certainly not created by Cang Xie, but it is a typical disyllabic phrase composed of compound words, which should be created by the combination of sound and shape at the maturity of Chinese characters.
China's words are mostly boasting about octogenarians. Respecting the elderly and loving the virtuous has always been the virtue of the Chinese nation, except for immoral people who scold the old man. Of course, there are also generations of old heroes, such as Jiang Taigong, Huang Zhong and She Taijun.
On top of the "ancient rarity", there is also an "octogenarian", which generally refers to the elderly in their eighties and nineties; "The year of longevity" generally refers to centenarians. Besides, the 77-year-old man's name is Xi Shou. At the age of 80, it's called Umbrella Shou; at the age of 88, it's called Mi Shou; at the age of 99, it's called Bai Shou; at the age of 108, it's called Tea Shou; at the age of 140, it's called Shuangxi or Shuangqing.
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Other age appellation:
1, swaddling clothes: originally meant to wrap a baby's quilt and belt, and later refers to a baby under one year old.
2, children: two or three-year-old children, also known as "baby hug." The original meaning of the word "lift" is the action of "grasping the child's armpit and lifting him up" "Support" and so on are its derivatives.
3.(tiáo chèn) The age at which children change their teeth. That is, children of seven or eight years old.
4, crying: children aged three or four to eight or nine. In ancient times, boys' hair hung down before coronation, so it refers to children or childhood.
5. Kindergarten: About ten years old. Later, he called ten years old "the year before school".
6. Overall perspective: children aged eight or nine to thirteen or fourteen. Later, he called his childhood "General's Corner".
7. Year of Chai Jin: Women are twelve years old. In other words, ancient women began to wear hairpins when they were twelve years old.
8. Cardamom: This is a plant name, which refers to a girl of thirteen or fourteen. Later, when she was thirteen or fourteen years old, she was called "cardamom".
9. The year of dancing spoon: Boys are between thirteen and fifteen years old. According to the Book of Rites, spoon is a kind of music and dance, and it was a immature child in ancient times. Dance spoon refers to people who are not mature enough to learn spoon dance.
10, Logistics: female, 15 years old. In ancient times, when a woman reached the age of 15, she tied her hair in a knot because 15 was called a woman.
Baidu Encyclopedia-age appellation