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老人

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lǎo rén

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Definitions

  1. 1. the elderly
  2. 2. one's aged parents or grandparents

Example Sentences

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老人 怕冷,年輕人怕熱。
Source: Tatoeba.org
這位 老人 死於飢餓。
Source: Tatoeba.org
聖誕 老人 住在北極。
Source: Tatoeba.org

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Words Containing 老人

七旬老人
qī xún lǎo rén

septuagenarian

不听老人言,吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián

(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril

九旬老人
jiǔ xún lǎo rén

nonagenarian

月下老人
yuè xià lǎo rén

minor divinity concerned with marriage

木讷老人
mù nè lǎo rén

ungraduated ruler

百岁老人
bǎi suì lǎo rén

centenarian

老人院
lǎo rén yuàn

nursing home

圣诞老人
shèng dàn lǎo rén

Father Christmas; Santa Claus

Child Words of 老人

人
rén

person; people

老
lǎo

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

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