Suffering from months of reading difficulties, I mean difficulties in reading small prints, I finally gave in and went for another round of re-adjusting my lenses to fit my current eyesight. I have been myopic, and my lenses once reached 800 and 750 by prescription. The first time I noticed my reading difficulties with small prints, the ophthalmologist told me in a way a doctor would tell a patient with irreversible physical condition, that I already reached the age when my eyes could not focus so quickly as before. He added, "also, you have presbyopia already," with a sorry smile that made the previous statement sounded like "you have about 3 weeks to live".
Chinese use 老lăo花huā眼yăn to describe presbyopia. 老lăo means old and/or aged; 花huā means flower or to describe colorful or blurry condition; and 眼yăn means the eyes. I am sure most of you would understand the 老lăo and 眼yăn, but why 花huā?
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