老
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- 1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
- 2. old (of people)
- 3. venerable (person)
- 4. experienced
- 5. of long standing
- 6. always
- 7. all the time
- 8. of the past
- 9. very
- 10. outdated
- 11. (of meat etc) tough
Words Containing 老
senior figure
ancient
the elderly
(coll.) husband
(coll.) eunuch
to age (of person or object)
very
elderly lady (respectful)
(coll.) wife
shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation
native place
honest
honestly speaking; to be frank, ...
teacher
elderly
always
(slang) period
ordinary people
tiger
very far away
fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown
Robam (brand)
see 老頭子|老头子[lǎo tóu zi]
rat
to age
to be honest
to provide for the elderly (family members)
pension
nursing home
(slang) hairdresser
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
see 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥|一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥[yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu]
lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
in one's seventies (age)
septuagenarian
lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
middle-aged and elderly people
nonagenarian
mother and father
regarding oneself as number one in terms of leadership, seniority or status
upper house
helmet (archaic)
\the Eight Great Eminent Officials\ of the CCP, namely 鄧小平|邓小平[dèng xiǎo píng], 陳雲|陈云[chén yún], 李先念[lǐ xiān niàn], 彭真[péng zhēn], 楊尚昆|杨尚昆[yáng shàng kūn], 薄一波[bó yī bō], 王震[wáng zhèn], and 宋任窮|宋任穷[sòng rèn qióng]
to cheat (in gambling)
middle-aged but still attractive woman
sweet and sour pork
slot machine
late-Qing underground resistance movement against the Qing dynasty
Donald Duck
(coll.) to live with and depend on one's parents even upon reaching adulthood
(coll.) adults still living with and depending on their parents
to go back to one's roots
hillbilly
see 天荒地老[tiān huāng dì lǎo]
primary wife
uncouth fellow
very far away
cadaver for dissection in training medical students
see 老天爺|老天爷[lǎo tiān yé]
until the end of time (idiom)
regular patron (at brothels)
nickname for official
lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom)
respect the aged
concubine
@
accomplished though young
in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king (idiom)
aged
middle-aged but still attractive woman
henpecked
senior center
to play the wolf in sheep's clothing; to disguise oneself as sth harmless in order to lull one's target into letting their guard down
to look after the elderly and the young
respect for the aged
to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom); to honor the great and the good
priority seating for the aged (on buses etc)
home of respect for aged
(coll.) Alzheimer's disease
presenilins
common people
minor divinity concerned with marriage
matchmaker
to admit to one's advancing years
ungraduated ruler
to age prematurely
Mindanao (island in the Philippines)
tigress
common name for cormorant
pharaoh (loanword)
splendid and powerful (of story)
(idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[xiàng yǔ], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
elders
lit. a dog who catches mice (idiom)
bachelor (lit. fifth child of the Wangs)
Wanglaoji (beverage brand)
fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality)
all kinds of people
everybody
until death do us part
until death do us part
centenarian
Broadway (New York City)
hot spell during autumn
fake important personage
pretentious and vacuous person
just who do (you) think (you) are? (or \just who does (she) think (she) is?\ etc)
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse
paper tiger
to spend one's last years
to look to the past for guidance (idiom)
previous generation
(coll.) father-in-law (wife's father)
Lao San Pian, three short essays written by Mao Zedong before the PRC was established
the three plain colors used for clothing in the PRC in the 1960s: black, gray and blue
youngest
second-eldest child in a family
nursing home
(of an elderly couple) husband or wife
title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father
mutton dressed as lamb
custom
elder brother (often used self-referentially)
father
husband's father
veteran
experienced and careful
aged enzyme
cheat
(coll.) a long time
sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)
overly conservative
Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism
same place as before
Laocheng district of Luoyang City 洛陽市|洛阳市[luò yáng shì], Henan
advanced years
(coll.) a Mexican
(coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person)
no longer a child (idiom)
big brother
Madam (polite address)
\Madam\ (affectionate term for an elderly woman)
uncle
God
God
lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom)
aged gentleman (dialect, respectful term)
elderly gentleman (respectful)
hackneyed
(coll.) father's father's mother
cunning
one who tries never to offend anybody
maternal grandmother
wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom)
mother
amah
Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism
father
If the father is a hero, the son is a real man. If the father is a reactionary, the son is a bastard. (Cultural Revolution slogan)
peddler
(dialect) sparrow
(coll.) docile
commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess
the youngest member of the family
(coll.) as one ages, one becomes more and more like a child
Laoshan Velodrome, a Beijing 2008 Olympics venue
the elderly
senile dementia
senile dementia
senile dementia
where in the order of seniority among siblings?
outdated
(affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy
decrepit
doddering
mature
experienced and knowledgeable
(dialect) veteran actor
experienced person
dark soy sauce
geezer
obsolete
penny-pincher
Laos
experienced in the ways of the world (idiom); worldly-wise
a long time ago
capital
rigid conventions
hackneyed
things as they were
The Travels of Lao Tsan, novel by late Qing novelist Liu E 劉鶚|刘鹗[liú è]
Westerner (esp. a Russian) (derog.)
chronic illness
proud of one's age and experience (idiom)
a much-travelled person, well acquainted with the ways of the world
Laohekou, county-level city in Xiangfan 襄樊[xiāng fán], Hubei
Laohekou, county-level city in Xiangfan 襄樊[xiāng fán], Hubei
crafty fellow