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Change log entry 48454
Processed by: goldyn_chyld (2013-06-02 08:46:20 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 47335 - submitted by 'xiaoxiong' >>
Same logic as with 祝寿, 寿星 etc. Can't be used when talking about a young person.

【现代汉语词典】(为老年人)做生日。
【漢語大詞典】慶祝生日。多用於老年人。巴金《家》九:「這幾天督軍正忙着給他的母親做壽,他也許把這樣的小事忘掉了。」曹禺《北京人》第三幕:「往年祖老太爺做壽的時候,家裏請客唱戲,院子裏,客廳裏擺滿了菊花。」
ABC: v.o. celebrate sb.'s birthday; give a birthday party in honor of an elder
Dr.eye: to celebrate the birthday; to hold a birthday party for the elder

Couldn't find 作壽 anywhere, assuming it's a variant. Only 100k G hits, may as well delete it.
Diff:
- 做壽 做寿 [zuo4 shou4] /to celebrate a birthday/
+ 做壽 做寿 [zuo4 shou4] /to celebrate a birthday (of an elderly person)/
 
- 作壽 作寿 [zuo4 shou4] /(formal) to celebrate a birthday/
+ 作壽 作寿 [zuo4 shou4] /variant of 做壽|做寿[zuo4 shou4]/
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