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船老大

chuán lǎo dà

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Definitions

  1. 1. coxswain
  2. 2. steersman
  3. 3. boatswain (bo'sun)

Child Words of 船老大

船
chuán

boat

大
dà

big; large; great

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

老大
lǎo dà

very

大
dài

see 大夫[dài fu]