Qī dà liǎng, huángjīn rìrì zhǎng; qī dà sān, huángjīn jī rú shān.

妻大兩, 黃金日日長, 妻大三, 黃金積如山。

Lit [If the] wife is two years older [than her husband], gold accumulates with each passing day; [if the] wife is three years older, gold piles up as high as a hill.

Note [Cf. Jīn Píng Méi (JPM), chap. 7; this pair of rhymed couplets expresses a traditional belief that older women are more prudent.]

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