白: white
头: head, hair
偕: together
老: grow old
Literal translation: Grow old together till the hair turns white.
It means "live together to a ripe old age". Generally, you say it to the couple at their wedding.
Corresponding English idiom: Life together; Marriage blessing.
Example sentence: I wish you two live to old age in conjugal bliss. (我祝你们白头偕老)
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