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Trad |
Simp |
Mandarin |
Definition |
Days old |
Ver |
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艾老 |
艾老 |
[ai4 lao3] |
/(literary) person aged over fifty/elderly person/ |
2590
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1 |
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安老院 |
安老院 |
[[an1lao3yuan4]] |
/(dialect) old people's home; nursing home/ |
673
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2 |
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八大元老 |
八大元老 |
[Ba1 Da4 Yuan2 lao3] |
/"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, namely 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2], 陳雲|陈云[Chen2 Yun2], 李先念[Li3 Xian1 nian4], 彭真[Peng2 Zhen1], 楊尚昆|杨尚昆[Yang2 Shang4 kun1], 薄一波[Bo2 Yi1 bo1], 王震[Wang2 Zhen4], and 宋任窮|宋任穷[Song4 Ren4 qiong2]/abbr. to 八老[Ba1 lao3]/ |
2266
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1 |
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八老 |
八老 |
[Ba1 lao3] |
/"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, abbr. for 八大元老[Ba1 Da4 Yuan2 lao3]/ |
2266
|
1 |
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白頭到老 |
白头到老 |
[[bai2tou2-dao4lao3]] |
/see 白頭偕老|白头偕老[bai2tou2-xie2lao3]/ |
329
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2 |
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白頭偕老 |
白头偕老 |
[[bai2tou2-xie2lao3]] |
/(idiom) (of a married couple) to live together until old age; to remain lifelong companions/ |
329
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2 |
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百老匯 |
百老汇 |
[Bai3 lao3 hui4] |
/Broadway (New York City)/ |
7038
|
1 |
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百歲老人 |
百岁老人 |
[bai3 sui4 lao3 ren2] |
/centenarian/ |
6139
|
1 |
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闆 |
板 |
[[ban3]] |
/used in 老闆|老板[lao3ban3]/ |
99
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2 |
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半老徐娘 |
半老徐娘 |
[ban4 lao3 Xu2 niang2] |
/middle-aged but still attractive woman/lady of a certain age/ |
4104
|
1 |
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扮豬吃老虎 |
扮猪吃老虎 |
[ban4 zhu1 chi1 lao3 hu3] |
/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/ |
1383
|
1 |
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寶刀不老 |
宝刀不老 |
[bao3 dao1 bu4 lao3] |
/lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom)/fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever/the old man still has it/ |
4531
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1 |
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寶刀未老 |
宝刀未老 |
[bao3 dao1 wei4 lao3] |
/treasure knife does not age (idiom); old but still vigorous/ |
6337
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1 |
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飽以老拳 |
饱以老拳 |
[bao3 yi3 lao3 quan2] |
/to thump repeatedly with one's fist/ |
7055
|
1 |
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崩老頭 |
崩老头 |
[[beng1 lao3tou2]] |
/(slang) to trick older men into repeatedly sending small sums of money by feigning romantic interest/ |
34
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2 |
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變老 |
变老 |
[bian4 lao3] |
/to grow old/to age/aging/ |
1908
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1 |
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波瀾老成 |
波澜老成 |
[bo1 lan2 lao3 cheng2] |
/splendid and powerful (of story)/majestic/awesome/ |
6799
|
1 |
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不管白貓黑貓，捉住老鼠就是好貓 |
不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫 |
[bu4 guan3 bai2 mao1 hei1 mao1 , zhuo1 zhu4 lao3 shu3 jiu4 shi4 hao3 mao1] |
/it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)/ |
2576
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1 |
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不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前 |
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前 |
[bu4 ting1 lao3 ren2 yan2 , chi1 kui1 zai4 yan3 qian2] |
/(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril/ |
2852
|
1 |
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不老泉 |
不老泉 |
[[bu4lao3quan2]] |
/fountain of youth/ |
8
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2 |
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蒼老 |
苍老 |
[cang1 lao3] |
/old/aged/(of calligraphy or painting) vigorous/forceful/ |
4247
|
1 |
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蒼蠅老虎 |
苍蝇老虎 |
[[cang1ying5 lao3hu3]] |
/(coll.) jumping spider (which pounces on houseflies, hence the Chinese name)/ |
946
|
2 |
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|
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長生不老 |
长生不老 |
[[chang2sheng1-bu4lao3]] |
/(idiom) to live forever and never grow old/ |
739
|
2 |
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吃角子老虎 |
吃角子老虎 |
[chi1 jiao3 zi5 lao3 hu3] |
/slot machine/ |
1594
|
1 |
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赤老 |
赤老 |
[chi4 lao3] |
/variant of 赤佬[chi4 lao3]/ |
5100
|
1 |
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臭老九 |
臭老九 |
[chou4 lao3 jiu3] |
/stinking intellectual (contemptuous term for educated people during the Cultural Revolution)/ |
6818
|
1 |
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出老千 |
出老千 |
[chu1 lao3 qian1] |
/to cheat (in gambling)/ |
5963
|
1 |
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出千 |
出千 |
[chu1 qian1] |
/see 出老千[chu1 lao3 qian1]/ |
3976
|
1 |
|
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船老大 |
船老大 |
[chuan2 lao3 da4] |
/coxswain/steersman/boatswain (bo'sun)/ |
6923
|
1 |
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垂老 |
垂老 |
[chui2 lao3] |
/approaching old age/ |
4996
|
1 |
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大老粗 |
大老粗 |
[da4 lao3 cu1] |
/uncouth fellow/rustic/ |
2769
|
1 |
|
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大老婆 |
大老婆 |
[da4 lao3 po2] |
/primary wife/ |
5344
|
1 |
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大老遠 |
大老远 |
[da4 lao3 yuan3] |
/very far away/ |
5117
|
1 |
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大廈 |
大厦 |
[da4 sha4] |
/(used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc)/ |
3304
|
1 |
|
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大體老師 |
大体老师 |
[da4 ti3 lao3 shi1] |
/cadaver for dissection in training medical students/ |
1474
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1 |
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道家 |
道家 |
[Dao4 jia1] |
/Daoist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC), based on the teachings of Laozi or Lao-tze 老子[Lao3 zi3] (c. 500 BC-) and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3] (369-286 BC)/ |
1958
|
1 |
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地老天荒 |
地老天荒 |
[[di4lao3-tian1huang1]] |
/see 天荒地老[tian1huang1-di4lao3]/ |
408
|
2 |
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電老虎 |
电老虎 |
[[dian4lao3hu3]] |
/electricity hog; electricity guzzler/ |
718
|
2 |
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二老 |
二老 |
[er4 lao3] |
/mother and father/parents/ |
4711
|
1 |
|
|
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法老 |
法老 |
[fa3 lao3] |
/pharaoh (loanword)/ |
4710
|
1 |
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翻老皇曆 |
翻老皇历 |
[fan1 lao3 huang2 li4] |
/to look to the past for guidance (idiom)/ |
3253
|
1 |
|
|
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翻老賬 |
翻老账 |
[fan1 lao3 zhang4] |
/to turn over old accounts/fig. to revive old quarrels/to reopen old wounds/ |
6542
|
1 |
|
|
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返老還童 |
返老还童 |
[fan3 lao3 huan2 tong2] |
/to recover one's youthful vigor/to feel rejuvenated (idiom)/ |
6099
|
1 |
|
|
|
服老 |
服老 |
[fu2 lao3] |
/to admit to one's advancing years/to acquiesce to old age/ |
6382
|
1 |
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扶老攜幼 |
扶老携幼 |
[fu2 lao3 xie2 you4] |
/taking everyone along, young and old/to look after the elderly and the young/ |
5304
|
1 |
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|
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父老 |
父老 |
[fu4 lao3] |
/elders/ |
7054
|
1 |
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|
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告老還鄉 |
告老还乡 |
[[gao4lao3-huan2xiang1]] |
/(idiom) to retire from official service due to old age and return to one's hometown/ |
398
|
2 |
|
|
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哥老會 |
哥老会 |
[Ge1 lao3 hui4] |
/late-Qing underground resistance movement against the Qing dynasty/ |
4689
|
1 |
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|
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隔壁老王 |
隔壁老王 |
[ge2 bi4 Lao3 Wang2] |
/Mr Wang from next door (term used jocularly to refer to a neighbor who is supposedly sleeping with one's wife)/ |
3518
|
1 |
|
|
|
狗逮老鼠 |
狗逮老鼠 |
[gou3 dai3 lao3 shu3] |
/lit. a dog who catches mice (idiom)/fig. to be meddlesome/ |
4038
|
1 |
|
|
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孤老 |
孤老 |
[gu1 lao3] |
/solitary old man or woman/regular patron (at brothels)/ |
6304
|
1 |
|
|
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古老 |
古老 |
[gu3 lao3] |
/ancient/old/age-old/ |
7106
|
1 |
|
|
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古老肉 |
古老肉 |
[gu3 lao3 rou4] |
/sweet and sour pork/also written 咕嚕肉|咕噜肉[gu1 lu1 rou4]/ |
2927
|
1 |
|
|
|
鴰 |
鸹 |
[[gua1]] |
/used in 老鴰|老鸹[lao3gua5]/ |
845
|
2 |
|
|
|
官老爺 |
官老爷 |
[guan1 lao3 ye5] |
/nickname for official/ |
6632
|
1 |
|
|
|
過街老鼠 |
过街老鼠 |
[guo4 jie1 lao3 shu3] |
/sb or sth detested by all/target of scorn/anathema/cf. 老鼠過街，人人喊打|老鼠过街，人人喊打[lao3 shu3 guo4 jie1 , ren2 ren2 han3 da3]/ |
4017
|
1 |
|
|
|
護老者 |
护老者 |
[hu4 lao3 zhe3] |
/carer of elderly persons/aged care worker/ |
6309
|
1 |
|
|
|
還給老師 |
还给老师 |
[[huan2 gei3 lao3shi1]] |
/to forget (everything one has learned)/ |
798
|
2 |
|
|
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回老家 |
回老家 |
[hui2 lao3 jia1] |
/to go back to one's roots/to return to one's native place/by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die)/ |
6357
|
1 |
|
|
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活到老，學到老 |
活到老，学到老 |
[huo2 dao4 lao3 , xue2 dao4 lao3] |
/One is never too old to learn. (idiom)/ |
5899
|
1 |
|
|
|
家老 |
家老 |
[jia1 lao3] |
/(old) a senior in one's household/ |
5230
|
1 |
|
|
|
薑還是老的辣 |
姜还是老的辣 |
[jiang1 hai2 shi4 lao3 de5 la4] |
/ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom)/the older, the wiser/ |
3119
|
1 |
|
|
|
薑是老的辣 |
姜是老的辣 |
[jiang1 shi4 lao3 de5 la4] |
/see 薑還是老的辣|姜还是老的辣[jiang1 hai2 shi4 lao3 de5 la4]/ |
3119
|
1 |
|
|
|
敬老席 |
敬老席 |
[jing4 lao3 xi2] |
/priority seating for the aged (on buses etc)/ |
6317
|
1 |
|
|
|
敬老尊賢 |
敬老尊贤 |
[jing4 lao3 zun1 xian2] |
/to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom); to honor the great and the good/ |
6337
|
1 |
|
|
|
敬老 |
敬老 |
[[jing4lao3]] |
/to respect the elderly/ |
673
|
2 |
|
|
|
敬老院 |
敬老院 |
[[jing4lao3yuan4]] |
/senior citizens' home; old folks' home/ |
673
|
2 |
|
|
|
啃老 |
啃老 |
[ken3 lao3] |
/(coll.) to live with and depend on one's parents even upon reaching adulthood/ |
5143
|
1 |
|
|
|
啃老族 |
啃老族 |
[ken3 lao3 zu2] |
/(coll.) adults still living with and depending on their parents/ |
4927
|
1 |
|
|
|
空心大老官 |
空心大老官 |
[kong1 xin1 da4 lao3 guan1] |
/fake important personage/sham/ |
5746
|
1 |
|
|
|
闊老 |
阔老 |
[kuo4 lao3] |
/variant of 闊佬|阔佬[kuo4 lao3]/ |
4854
|
1 |
|
|
|
老 |
老 |
[lao3] |
/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/old (of people)/venerable (person)/experienced/of long standing/always/all the time/of the past/very/outdated/(of meat etc) tough/ |
6582
|
1 |
|
|
|
老百姓 |
老百姓 |
[lao3 bai3 xing4] |
/ordinary people/the "person in the street"/CL:個|个[ge4]/ |
6370
|
1 |
|
|
|
老闆 |
老板 |
[Lao3 ban3] |
/Robam (brand)/ |
6037
|
1 |
|
|
|
老板 |
老板 |
[lao3 ban3] |
/variant of 老闆|老板[lao3 ban3]/ |
3913
|
1 |
|
|
|
老闆 |
老板 |
[lao3 ban3] |
/boss/business proprietor/CL:個|个[ge4]/ |
6370
|
1 |
|
|
|
老闆娘 |
老板娘 |
[lao3 ban3 niang2] |
/female proprietor/lady boss/boss's wife/ |
3914
|
1 |
|
|
|
老伴 |
老伴 |
[lao3 ban4] |
/(of an elderly couple) husband or wife/ |
6074
|
1 |
|
|
|
老伴兒 |
老伴儿 |
[lao3 ban4 r5] |
/erhua variant of 老伴[lao3 ban4]/ |
5097
|
1 |
|
|
|
老半天 |
老半天 |
[lao3 ban4 tian1] |
/(coll.) a long time/ |
4561
|
1 |
|
|
|
老蚌生珠 |
老蚌生珠 |
[lao3 bang4 sheng1 zhu1] |
/lit. an old oyster producing a pearl (idiom)/fig. birthing a son at an advanced age/ |
5321
|
1 |
|
|
|
老鴇 |
老鸨 |
[lao3 bao3] |
/female brothel keeper/ |
5661
|
1 |
|
|
|
老輩 |
老辈 |
[lao3 bei4] |
/the older generation/ancestors/ |
3950
|
1 |
|
|
|
老本 |
老本 |
[lao3 ben3] |
/capital/assets/savings/nest egg/(fig.) reputation/laurels (to rest upon)/old edition of a book/(tree) trunk/ |
5282
|
1 |
|
|
|
老鼻子 |
老鼻子 |
[lao3 bi2 zi5] |
/many/ |
6268
|
1 |
|
|
|
老伯 |
老伯 |
[lao3 bo2] |
/uncle (polite form of address for older male)/ |
6882
|
1 |
|
|
|
老伯伯 |
老伯伯 |
[lao3 bo2 bo5] |
/grandpa (polite form of address for old man)/ |
6882
|
1 |
|
|
|
老不死 |
老不死 |
[lao3 bu4 si3] |
/(derog.) old but still alive/old fart/old bastard/ |
4411
|
1 |
|
|
|
老殘遊記 |
老残游记 |
[Lao3 Can2 You2 ji4] |
/The Travels of Lao Tsan, novel by late Qing novelist Liu E 劉鶚|刘鹗[Liu2 E4]/ |
4079
|
1 |
|
|
|
老城 |
老城 |
[lao3 cheng2] |
/old town/old district of a city/ |
4056
|
1 |
|
|
|
老成 |
老成 |
[lao3 cheng2] |
/mature/experienced/sophisticated/ |
6167
|
1 |
|
|
|
老成持重 |
老成持重 |
[lao3 cheng2 chi2 zhong4] |
/old and wise/experienced and knowledgeable/ |
6803
|
1 |
|
|
|
老城區 |
老城区 |
[lao3 cheng2 qu1] |
/old city district/historical center/ |
6091
|
1 |
|
|
|
老抽 |
老抽 |
[lao3 chou1] |
/dark soy sauce/ |
5099
|
1 |
|
|
|
老處女 |
老处女 |
[lao3 chu3 nü3] |
/unmarried old woman/spinster/ |
6803
|
1 |
|
|
|
老粗 |
老粗 |
[lao3 cu1] |
/uneducated person/yokel/boor/roughneck/ |
4508
|
1 |
|
|
|
老大 |
老大 |
[lao3 da4] |
/old age/very/eldest child in a family/leader of a group/boss/captain of a boat/leader of a criminal gang/ |
6569
|
1 |
|
|
|
老大不小 |
老大不小 |
[lao3 da4 bu4 xiao3] |
/no longer a child (idiom)/ |
2215
|
1 |
|
|
|
老大哥 |
老大哥 |
[lao3 da4 ge1] |
/big brother/ |
7038
|
1 |
|
|
|
老大媽 |
老大妈 |
[lao3 da4 ma1] |
/"Madam" (affectionate term for an elderly woman)/CL:位[wei4]/ |
6370
|
1 |
|
|
|
老大娘 |
老大娘 |
[lao3 da4 niang2] |
/old lady/Madam (polite address)/CL:位[wei4]/ |
5926
|
1 |
|
|
|
老大徒傷悲 |
老大徒伤悲 |
[lao3 da4 tu2 shang1 bei1] |
/vain regrets of old age (idiom)/ |
6117
|
1 |
|
|
|
老大爺 |
老大爷 |
[lao3 da4 ye2] |
/uncle/grandpa/CL:位[wei4]/ |
6370
|
1 |
|
|
|
老聃 |
老聃 |
[Lao3 Dan1] |
/another name for Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3]/ |
4840
|
1 |
|
|
|
老旦 |
老旦 |
[lao3 dan4] |
/old woman role in Chinese opera/ |
3814
|
1 |
|
|
|
老當益壯 |
老当益壮 |
[lao3 dang1 yi4 zhuang4] |
/old but vigorous (idiom); hale and hearty despite the years/ |
6337
|
1 |
|
|
|
老到 |
老到 |
[lao3 dao5] |
/experienced and careful/ |
5559
|
1 |
|
|
|
老等 |
老等 |
[lao3 deng3] |
/to wait patiently/heron/ |
2194
|
1 |
|
|
|
老弟 |
老弟 |
[lao3 di4] |
/(affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy/old pal/ |
5553
|
1 |
|
|
|
老地方 |
老地方 |
[lao3 di4 fang1] |
/same place as before/usual place/stomping ground/ |
2560
|
1 |
|
|
|
老鵰 |
老雕 |
[lao3 diao1] |
/vulture/ |
6939
|
1 |
|
|
|
老調重彈 |
老调重弹 |
[lao3 diao4 chong2 tan2] |
/to play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal/ |
6337
|
1 |
|
|
|
老掉牙 |
老掉牙 |
[lao3 diao4 ya2] |
/very old/obsolete/out of date/ |
6077
|
1 |
|
|
|
老爹 |
老爹 |
[lao3 die1] |
/(dialect) father/old man/sir/ |
4817
|
1 |
|
|
|
老東西 |
老东西 |
[lao3 dong1 xi5] |
/(derog.) old fool/old bastard/ |
4407
|
1 |
|
|
|
老兒 |
老儿 |
[lao3 er2] |
/father/husband/old man/ |
6130
|
1 |
|
|
|
老二 |
老二 |
[lao3 er4] |
/second-eldest child in a family/(euphemism) penis/ |
3109
|
1 |
|
|
|
老佛爺 |
老佛爷 |
[Lao3 fo2 ye2] |
/title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father/nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4]/ |
4280
|
1 |
|
|
|
老夫 |
老夫 |
[lao3 fu1] |
/I (spoken by an old man)/ |
3257
|
1 |
|
|
|
老父 |
老父 |
[lao3 fu4] |
/father/old man/venerable sir/ |
4817
|
1 |
|
|
|
老婦人 |
老妇人 |
[lao3 fu4 ren2] |
/old lady/ |
1878
|
1 |
|
|
|
老歌 |
老歌 |
[lao3 ge1] |
/oldie (song)/ |
4222
|
1 |
|
|
|
老公 |
老公 |
[lao3 gong1] |
/(coll.) husband/ |
4986
|
1 |
|
|
|
老公公 |
老公公 |
[lao3 gong1 gong5] |
/old man/husband's father/father-in-law/court eunuch/ |
6378
|
1 |
|
|
|
老公 |
老公 |
[lao3 gong5] |
/(coll.) eunuch/see also 老公[lao3 gong1]/ |
5751
|
1 |
|
|
|
老古板 |
老古板 |
[lao3 gu3 ban3] |
/overly conservative/old-fashioned/old fogey/a square/ |
5004
|
1 |
|
|
|
老骨頭 |
老骨头 |
[lao3 gu3 tou5] |
/weary old body (colloquial term, used jocularly or irreverently)/ |
5402
|
1 |
|
|
|
老漢 |
老汉 |
[lao3 han4] |
/old man/I (an old man referring to himself)/ |
6924
|
1 |
|
|
|
老好人 |
老好人 |
[lao3 hao3 ren2] |
/one who tries never to offend anybody/ |
5117
|
1 |
|
|
|
老黑 |
老黑 |
[lao3 hei1] |
/(coll.) black person/ |
4419
|
1 |
|
|
|
老糊塗 |
老糊涂 |
[lao3 hu2 tu5] |
/dotard/ |
4656
|
1 |
|
|
|
老虎 |
老虎 |
[lao3 hu3] |
/tiger/CL:隻|只[zhi1]/ |
6370
|
1 |
|
|
|
老虎菜 |
老虎菜 |
[lao3 hu3 cai4] |
/tiger salad, a northeast China dish usually consisting of hot pepper, cucumber, cilantro and leek/ |
1056
|
1 |
|
|
|
老虎凳 |
老虎凳 |
[lao3 hu3 deng4] |
/tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse)/ |
2896
|
1 |
|
|
|
老虎機 |
老虎机 |
[lao3 hu3 ji1] |
/slot machine/ |
6374
|
1 |
|
|
|
老虎鉗 |
老虎钳 |
[lao3 hu3 qian2] |
/vise/pincer pliers/ |
5387
|
1 |
|
|
|
老虎伍茲 |
老虎伍兹 |
[Lao3 hu3 Wu3 zi1] |
/Eldrick "Tiger" Woods (1975-), American golfer/ |
6714
|
1 |
|
|
|
老虎灶 |
老虎灶 |
[lao3 hu3 zao4] |
/old-style large kitchen stove/ |
5162
|
1 |
|
|
|
老花 |
老花 |
[lao3 hua1] |
/presbyopia/ |
7038
|
1 |
|
|
|
老花鏡 |
老花镜 |
[lao3 hua1 jing4] |
/presbyopic glasses/ |
4549
|
1 |
|
|
|
老花眼 |
老花眼 |
[lao3 hua1 yan3] |
/presbyopia/ |
6112
|
1 |
|
|
|
老皇曆 |
老皇历 |
[lao3 huang2 li4] |
/(lit.) past years' almanac/(fig.) ancient history; obsolete practice; old-fashioned principle/ |
980
|
1 |
|
|
|
老幾 |
老几 |
[lao3 ji3] |
/where in the order of seniority among siblings?/(sometimes used in rhetorical questions to express disparagement)/ |
1816
|
1 |
|
|
|
老驥 |
老骥 |
[lao3 ji4] |
/old thoroughbred/fig. aged person with great aspirations/ |
6545
|
1 |
|
|
|
老驥伏櫪 |
老骥伏枥 |
[lao3 ji4 fu2 li4] |
/lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations/ |
5783
|
1 |
|
|
|
老驥伏櫪，志在千里 |
老骥伏枥，志在千里 |
[lao3 ji4 fu2 li4 , zhi4 zai4 qian1 li3] |
/lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations/ |
6337
|
1 |
|
|
|
老驥嘶風 |
老骥嘶风 |
[lao3 ji4 si1 feng1] |
/old steed sniffs the wind (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations/ |
6337
|
1 |
|
|
|
老家 |
老家 |
[lao3 jia1] |
/native place/place of origin/home state or region/ |
7106
|
1 |
|
|
|
老傢伙 |
老家伙 |
[lao3 jia1 huo5] |
/variant of 老家伙[lao3 jia1 huo5]/ |
3533
|
1 |
|
|
|
老家伙 |
老家伙 |
[lao3 jia1 huo5] |
/(coll.) old fellow/old codger/ |
3533
|
1 |
|
|
|
老家賊 |
老家贼 |
[lao3 jia1 zei2] |
/(dialect) sparrow/ |
4661
|
1 |
|
|
|
老奸巨猾 |
老奸巨猾 |
[lao3 jian1 ju4 hua2] |
/cunning/crafty/wily old fox/ |
4954
|
1 |
|
|
|
老奸巨滑 |
老奸巨滑 |
[lao3 jian1 ju4 hua2] |
/variant of 老奸巨猾[lao3 jian1 ju4 hua2]/ |
4954
|
1 |
|
|
|
老繭 |
老茧 |
[lao3 jian3] |
/callus (patch or hardened skin)/corns (on feet)/also 老趼/ |
6867
|
1 |
|
|
|
老江湖 |
老江湖 |
[lao3 jiang1 hu2] |
/a much-travelled person, well acquainted with the ways of the world/ |
3448
|
1 |
|
|
|
老將 |
老将 |
[lao3 jiang4] |
/lit. old general/commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess/fig. old-timer/veteran/ |
6575
|
1 |
|
|
|
老街 |
老街 |
[Lao3 jie1] |
/Lao Cai, Vietnam/Laokai or Laukkai, Burma (Myanmar)/ |
6176
|
1 |
|
|
|
老境 |
老境 |
[lao3 jing4] |
/advanced years/old age/ |
6618
|
1 |
|
|
|
老酒 |
老酒 |
[lao3 jiu3] |
/wine, esp. Shaoxing wine/ |
6618
|
1 |
|
|
|
老舊 |
老旧 |
[lao3 jiu4] |
/outmoded/old-fashioned/ |
6130
|
1 |
|
|
|
老客 |
老客 |
[lao3 ke4] |
/peddler/old or regular customer/ |
6031
|
1 |
|
|
|
老客兒 |
老客儿 |
[lao3 ke4 r5] |
/erhua variant of 老客[lao3 ke4]/ |
6031
|
1 |
|
|
|
老摳 |
老抠 |
[lao3 kou1] |
/penny-pincher; miser/ |
998
|
1 |
|
|
|
老框框 |
老框框 |
[lao3 kuang4 kuang4] |
/rigid conventions/reactionary framework/ |
6553
|
1 |
|
|
|
老辣 |
老辣 |
[lao3 la4] |
/shrewd and ruthless/efficient and unscrupulous/ |
6382
|
1 |
|
|
|
老臘肉 |
老腊肉 |
[lao3 la4 rou4] |
/(coll.) experienced and usually well-positioned middle-aged man/ |
2851
|
1 |
|
|
|
老來俏 |
老来俏 |
[lao3 lai2 qiao4] |
/old person who dresses up as teenager/mutton dressed as lamb/ |
6618
|
1 |
|
|
|
老來少 |
老来少 |
[lao3 lai2 shao4] |
/old but young at heart/ |
6618
|
1 |
|
|
|
老賴 |
老赖 |
[lao3 lai4] |
/(coll.) debt dodger/ |
2757
|
1 |
|
|
|
老臉 |
老脸 |
[lao3 lian3] |
/self-respect of old person/face/thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism)/brazen/ |
6618
|
1 |
|
|
|
老兩口兒 |
老两口儿 |
[lao3 liang3 kou3 r5] |
/an old married couple/ |
6309
|
1 |
|
|
|
老齡 |
老龄 |
[lao3 ling2] |
/old age/aging/aged/geriatric/the aged/ |
5873
|
1 |
|
|
|
老齡化 |
老龄化 |
[lao3 ling2 hua4] |
/aging (population)/ |
5160
|
1 |
|
|
|
老路 |
老路 |
[lao3 lu4] |
/old road/familiar way/beaten track/conventional behavior/ |
6618
|
1 |
|
|
|
老馬戀棧 |
老马恋栈 |
[lao3 ma3 lian4 zhan4] |
/lit. the old horse loves his stable/fig. sb old but reluctant to relinquish their post (idiom)/ |
6041
|
1 |
|
|
|
老馬識途 |
老马识途 |
[lao3 ma3 shi2 tu2] |
/an old horse knows the way (idiom); an experienced worker knows what to do/an old hand knows the ropes/ |
5913
|
1 |
|
|
|
老馬嘶風 |
老马嘶风 |
[lao3 ma3 si1 feng1] |
/old horse sniffs the wind (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations/ |
6337
|
1 |
|
|
|
老毛病 |
老毛病 |
[lao3 mao2 bing4] |
/chronic illness/old weakness/chronic problem/ |
4445
|
1 |
|
|
|
老毛子 |
老毛子 |
[lao3 mao2 zi5] |
/Westerner (esp. a Russian) (derog.)/ |
4821
|
1 |
|
|
|
老耄 |
老耄 |
[lao3 mao4] |
/dim sight of the aged/doddering/senile/ |
6154
|
1 |
|
|
|
老帽兒 |
老帽儿 |
[lao3 mao4 r5] |
/(dialect) country bumpkin/a hick/ |
4737
|
1 |
|
|
|
老美 |
老美 |
[[lao3 Mei3]] |
/(coll.) an American; person from the United States/ |
861
|
2 |
|
|
|
老墨 |
老墨 |
[Lao3 Mo4] |
/(coll.) a Mexican/ |
4419
|
1 |
|
|
|
老謀深算 |
老谋深算 |
[lao3 mou2 shen1 suan4] |
/rigorous schemes and deep foresight (idiom); astute and circumspect/ |
6337
|
1 |
|
|
|
老姥 |
老姥 |
[lao3 mu3] |
/old lady/(old woman's self-reference) I, me/ |
1878
|
1 |
|
|
|
老奶奶 |
老奶奶 |
[lao3 nai3 nai5] |
/(coll.) father's father's mother/paternal great-grandmother/respectful form of address for an old woman/ |
4986
|
1 |
|
|
|
老年 |
老年 |
[lao3 nian2] |
/elderly/old age/autumn of one's years/ |
6579
|
1 |
|
|
|
老年痴獃 |
老年痴呆 |
[lao3 nian2 chi1 dai1] |
/senile dementia/Alzheimer's disease/ |
6368
|
1 |
|
|
|
老年痴獃症 |
老年痴呆症 |
[lao3 nian2 chi1 dai1 zheng4] |
/senile dementia/Alzheimer's disease/ |
6368
|
1 |
|
|
|
老年期 |
老年期 |
[lao3 nian2 qi1] |
/old age/ |
5539
|
1 |
|
|
|
老年性痴獃症 |
老年性痴呆症 |
[lao3 nian2 xing4 chi1 dai1 zheng4] |
/senile dementia/ |
7106
|
1 |
|
|
|
老娘 |
老娘 |
[lao3 niang2] |
/my old mother/I, this old woman/my old lady (colloquial)/maternal grandmother/midwife/ |
5926
|
1 |
|
|
|
老牛吃嫩草 |
老牛吃嫩草 |
[lao3 niu2 chi1 nen4 cao3] |
/lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom)/fig. a May-December relationship/a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman/ |
6263
|
1 |
|
|
|
老牛拉破車 |
老牛拉破车 |
[lao3 niu2 la1 po4 che1] |
/see 老牛破車|老牛破车[lao3 niu2 po4 che1]/ |
5049
|
1 |
|
|
|
老牛破車 |
老牛破车 |
[lao3 niu2 po4 che1] |
/lit. old ox pulling a shabby cart (idiom)/fig. slow and inefficient/ |
5049
|
1 |
|
|
|
老牛舐犢 |
老牛舐犊 |
[lao3 niu2 shi4 du2] |
/lit. an old ox licking its calf (idiom)/fig. (of parents) to dote on one's children/ |
4806
|
1 |
|
|
|
老派 |
老派 |
[lao3 pai4] |
/old-fashioned; old-school/ |
998
|
1 |
|
|
|
老朋友 |
老朋友 |
[lao3 peng2 you5] |
/old friend/(slang) period/menstruation/ |
3391
|
1 |
|
|
|
老婆 |
老婆 |
[lao3 po2] |
/(coll.) wife/ |
4986
|
1 |
|
|
|
老婆孩子熱炕頭 |
老婆孩子热炕头 |
[lao3 po2 hai2 zi5 re4 kang4 tou5] |
/wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom)/the simple and good life/ |
3933
|
1 |
|
|
|
老氣橫秋 |
老气横秋 |
[lao3 qi4 heng2 qiu1] |
/old and decrepit/proud of one's age and experience (idiom)/ |
6055
|
1 |
|
|
|
老人 |
老人 |
[lao3 ren2] |
/old man or woman/the elderly/one's aged parents or grandparents/ |
5873
|
1 |
|
|
|
老人家 |
老人家 |
[lao3 ren2 jia1] |
/polite term for old woman or man/ |
6867
|
1 |
|
|
|
老人院 |
老人院 |
[lao3 ren2 yuan4] |
/nursing home/old people's home/ |
4605
|
1 |
|
|
|
老三篇 |
老三篇 |
[lao3 san1 pian1] |
/Lao San Pian, three short essays written by Mao Zedong before the PRC was established/ |
6097
|
1 |
|
|
|
老三色 |
老三色 |
[lao3 san1 se4] |
/the three plain colors used for clothing in the PRC in the 1960s: black, gray and blue/ |
4073
|
1 |
|
|
|
老山自行車館 |
老山自行车馆 |
[Lao3 shan1 Zi4 xing2 che1 guan3] |
/Laoshan Velodrome, a Beijing 2008 Olympics venue/ |
5924
|
1 |
|
|
|
老少 |
老少 |
[lao3 shao4] |
/the old and the young/ |
5886
|
1 |
|
|
|
老少皆宜 |
老少皆宜 |
[lao3 shao4 jie1 yi2] |
/suitable for both the young and the old/ |
6285
|
1 |
|
|
|
老少無欺 |
老少无欺 |
[lao3 shao4 wu2 qi1] |
/cheating neither old nor young/treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously/Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike./ |
6578
|
1 |
|
|
|
老少咸宜 |
老少咸宜 |
[lao3 shao4 xian2 yi2] |
/suitable for young and old/ |
5886
|
1 |
|
|
|
老舍 |
老舍 |
[[Lao3 She3]] |
/Lao She (1899–1966), Chinese novelist and dramatist/ |
389
|
2 |
|
|
|
老生 |
老生 |
[lao3 sheng1] |
/venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera)/ |
4816
|
1 |
|
|
|
老生常談 |
老生常谈 |
[lao3 sheng1 chang2 tan2] |
/an old observation (idiom)/a truism/banal comments/ |
3464
|
1 |
|
|
|
老實說 |
老实说 |
[lao3 shi2 shuo1] |
/honestly speaking; to be frank, .../ |
1268
|
1 |
|
|
|
老視 |
老视 |
[lao3 shi4] |
/presbyopia/ |
4482
|
1 |
|
|
|
老式 |
老式 |
[lao3 shi4] |
/old-fashioned/old type/outdated/ |
6544
|
1 |
|
|
|
老視眼 |
老视眼 |
[lao3 shi4 yan3] |
/presbyopia/ |
4482
|
1 |
|
|
|
老是 |
老是 |
[lao3 shi5] |
/always/ |
7106
|
1 |
|
|
|
老實巴交 |
老实巴交 |
[lao3 shi5 ba1 jiao1] |
/(coll.) docile/well-behaved/biddable/ |
5010
|
1 |
|
|
|
老手 |
老手 |
[lao3 shou3] |
/experienced person/an old hand at sth/ |
6867
|
1 |
|
|
|
老鼠洞 |
老鼠洞 |
[lao3 shu3 dong4] |
/mouse hole/ |
6513
|
1 |
|
|
|
老鼠過街，人人喊打 |
老鼠过街，人人喊打 |
[lao3 shu3 guo4 jie1 , ren2 ren2 han3 da3] |
/lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom)/fig. everyone detests a lowlife/ |
4017
|
1 |
|
|
|
老鼠拉龜，無從下手 |
老鼠拉龟，无从下手 |
[lao3 shu3 la1 gui1 , wu2 cong2 xia4 shou3] |
/like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom)/no clue where to start/ |
4205
|
1 |
|
|
|
老鼠拖木鍁，大頭在後頭 |
老鼠拖木锨，大头在后头 |
[lao3 shu3 tuo1 mu4 xian1 , da4 tou2 zai4 hou4 tou5] |
/when the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second/the tip of the iceberg/the cockroach principle/ |
6152
|
1 |
|
|
|
老司機 |
老司机 |
[lao3 si1 ji1] |
/(coll.) an old hand at sth/ |
3317
|
1 |
|
|
|
老叟 |
老叟 |
[lao3 sou3] |
/old man/ |
6867
|
1 |
|
|
|
老太 |
老太 |
[lao3 tai4] |
/old lady/ |
6562
|
1 |
|
|
|
老態 |
老态 |
[lao3 tai4] |
/old and frail/decrepit/doddering/decrepitude/infirmities of old age/ |
1835
|
1 |
|
|
|
老太公 |
老太公 |
[lao3 tai4 gong1] |
/aged gentleman (dialect, respectful term)/ |
6867
|
1 |
|
|
|
老太婆 |
老太婆 |
[lao3 tai4 po2] |
/old woman (at times contemptuous)/ |
6540
|
1 |
|
|
|
老太太 |
老太太 |
[lao3 tai4 tai5] |
/elderly lady (respectful)/esteemed mother/CL:位[wei4]/ |
6370
|
1 |
|
|
|
老太爺 |
老太爷 |
[lao3 tai4 ye2] |
/elderly gentleman (respectful)/esteemed father/ |
6867
|
1 |
|
|
|
老饕 |
老饕 |
[lao3 tao1] |
/glutton/ |
6867
|
1 |
|
|
|
老套 |
老套 |
[lao3 tao4] |
/hackneyed/well-worn (phrase etc)/same old story/stereotypical fashion/ |
3814
|
1 |
|
|
|
老套子 |
老套子 |
[lao3 tao4 zi5] |
/old methods/old habits/ |
6867
|
1 |
|
|
|
老天 |
老天 |
[lao3 tian1] |
/God/Heavens/ |
6867
|
1 |
|
|
|
老天爺 |
老天爷 |
[lao3 tian1 ye2] |
/God/Heavens/ |
4973
|
1 |
|
|
|
老天爺餓不死瞎家雀 |
老天爷饿不死瞎家雀 |
[lao3 tian1 ye2 e4 bu4 si3 xia1 jia1 que4] |
/lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom)/fig. don't give up hope/if you tough it out, there will be light at the end of the tunnel/ |
3523
|
1 |
|
|
|
老鐵 |
老铁 |
[lao3 tie3] |
/(slang) very close friend; bro/ |
998
|
1 |
|
|
|
老頭 |
老头 |
[lao3 tou2] |
/old fellow/old man/father/husband/ |
5323
|
1 |
|
|
|
老頭樂 |
老头乐 |
[lao3 tou2 le4] |
/backscratcher (made from bamboo etc)/(may also refer to other products that are of benefit to old people, such as padded cloth shoes, mobility tricycle etc)/ |
5258
|
1 |
|
|
|
老頭兒 |
老头儿 |
[lao3 tou2 r5] |
/see 老頭子|老头子[lao3 tou2 zi5]/ |
4101
|
1 |
|
|
|
老頭子 |
老头子 |
[lao3 tou2 zi5] |
/(coll.) old man/(said of an aging husband) my old man/ |
4101
|
1 |
|
|
|
老外 |
老外 |
[lao3 wai4] |
/(coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person)/layman/amateur/ |
4419
|
1 |
|
|
|
老王賣瓜，自賣自誇 |
老王卖瓜，自卖自夸 |
[Lao3 Wang2 mai4 gua1 , zi4 mai4 zi4 kua1] |
/every potter praises his own pot (idiom)/all one's geese are swans/ |
4202
|
1 |
|
|
|
老翁 |
老翁 |
[lao3 weng1] |
/old man/ |
6098
|
1 |
|
|
|
老吾老，以及人之老 |
老吾老，以及人之老 |
[lao3 wu2 lao3 , yi3 ji2 ren2 zhi1 lao3] |
/to honor old people as we do our own aged parents/ |
6652
|
1 |
|
|
|
老吾老，以及人之老，幼吾幼，以及人之幼 |
老吾老，以及人之老，幼吾幼，以及人之幼 |
[lao3 wu2 lao3 , yi3 ji2 ren2 zhi1 lao3 , you4 wu2 you4 , yi3 ji2 ren2 zhi1 you4] |
/to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own/ |
6652
|
1 |
|
|
|
老戲骨 |
老戏骨 |
[lao3 xi4 gu3] |
/(dialect) veteran actor/old trouper/ |
2968
|
1 |
|
|
|
老小 |
老小 |
[lao3 xiao3] |
/the old and the young/the youngest member of the family/ |
3911
|
1 |
|
|
|
老小老小 |
老小老小 |
[lao3 xiao3 lao3 xiao3] |
/(coll.) as one ages, one becomes more and more like a child/ |
3900
|
1 |
|
|
|
老兄 |
老兄 |
[lao3 xiong1] |
/elder brother (often used self-referentially)/(form of address between male friends) old chap/buddy/ |
2376
|
1 |
|
|
|
老煙鬼 |
老烟鬼 |
[lao3 yan1 gui3] |
/heavy smoker/chain smoker/ |
6772
|
1 |
|
|
|
老煙槍 |
老烟枪 |
[lao3 yan1 qiang1] |
/heavy smoker/chain smoker/life-long smoker/ |
6772
|
1 |
|
|
|
老眼昏花 |
老眼昏花 |
[lao3 yan3 hun1 hua1] |
/blurred vision of an old person (idiom)/ |
6200
|
1 |
|
|
|
老樣子 |
老样子 |
[lao3 yang4 zi5] |
/old situation/things as they were/ |
6551
|
1 |
|
|
|
老爺 |
老爷 |
[lao3 ye5] |
/(respectful) lord/master/(coll.) maternal grandfather/ |
4986
|
1 |
|
|
|
老爺車 |
老爷车 |
[lao3 ye5 che1] |
/classic car/ |
6385
|
1 |
|
|
|
老爺嶺 |
老爷岭 |
[Lao3 ye5 ling3] |
/Chinese name for Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russia's Primorsky Krai around Vladivostok/ |
6651
|
1 |
|
|
|
老一套 |
老一套 |
[lao3 yi1 tao4] |
/the same old stuff/ |
6565
|
1 |
|
|
|
老油子 |
老油子 |
[lao3 you2 zi5] |
/(coll.) wily old fox/crafty fellow/ |
4222
|
1 |
|
|
|
老友 |
老友 |
[lao3 you3] |
/old friend/sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)/ |
4650
|
1 |
|
|
|
老於世故 |
老于世故 |
[lao3 yu2 shi4 gu4] |
/experienced in the ways of the world (idiom); worldly-wise/sophisticated/ |
6337
|
1 |
|
|
|
老玉米 |
老玉米 |
[lao3 yu4 mi5] |
/(dialect) corn/ |
5087
|
1 |
|
|
|
老遠 |
老远 |
[lao3 yuan3] |
/very far away/ |
7038
|
1 |
|
|
|
老早 |
老早 |
[lao3 zao3] |
/a long time ago/ |
7106
|
1 |
|
|
|
老賬 |
老账 |
[lao3 zhang4] |
/lit. old account/old debt/fig. old scores to settle/old quarrels/old grudge/ |
6542
|
1 |
|
|
|
老丈 |
老丈 |
[lao3 zhang4] |
/sir (respectful form of address for an old man)/ |
3039
|
1 |
|
|
|
老者 |
老者 |
[lao3 zhe3] |
/old man; elderly man/ |
1297
|
1 |
|
|
|
老著臉 |
老着脸 |
[lao3 zhe5 lian3] |
/shamelessly/ |
6063
|
1 |
|
|
|
老莊 |
老庄 |
[Lao3 Zhuang1] |
/Laozi and Zhuangzi (or Lao-tze and Chuang-tze), the founders of Daoism/ |
7050
|
1 |
|
|
|
老拙 |
老拙 |
[lao3 zhuo1] |
/old fart (usually in self-reference)/geezer/ |
3530
|
1 |
|
|
|
老資格 |
老资格 |
[lao3 zi1 ge2] |
/veteran/ |
6309
|
1 |
|
|
|
老子 |
老子 |
[Lao3 zi3] |
/Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism/the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1] by Laozi/ |
1956
|
1 |
|
|
|
老字號 |
老字号 |
[lao3 zi4 hao4] |
/shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation/ |
6134
|
1 |
|
|
|
老子 |
老子 |
[lao3 zi5] |
/father/daddy/"I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt)/I (used arrogantly or jocularly)/ |
6796
|
1 |
|
|
|
老子英雄兒好漢，老子反動兒混蛋 |
老子英雄儿好汉，老子反动儿混蛋 |
[lao3 zi5 ying1 xiong2 er2 hao3 han4 , lao3 zi5 fan3 dong4 er2 hun2 dan4] |
/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)/fig. like father, like son/ |
3122
|
1 |
|
|
|
老爸 |
老爸 |
[[lao3ba4]] |
/father; dad/ |
818
|
2 |
|
|
|
老邊 |
老边 |
[[Lao3bian1]] |
/see 老邊區|老边区[Lao3bian1 Qu1]/ |
134
|
2 |
|
|
|
老邊區 |
老边区 |
[[Lao3bian1 Qu1]] |
/Laobian, a district of Yingkou City 營口市|营口市[Ying2kou3 Shi4], Liaoning/ |
134
|
2 |
|
|
|
老表 |
老表 |
[[lao3biao3]] |
/(coll.) male cousin through a female relative/(coll.) friendly form of address between men of similar age/(coll.) nickname for a person from Jiangxi/ |
79
|
2 |
|
|
|
老兵 |
老兵 |
[[lao3bing1]] |
/old soldier; veteran/veteran (sb who has a lot of experience in some domain)/ |
946
|
2 |
|
|
|
老巢 |
老巢 |
[[lao3chao2]] |
/(fig.) lair; den; stronghold (esp. of criminals or hostile forces)/ |
195
|
2 |
|
|
|
老城區 |
老城区 |
[[Lao3cheng2 Qu1]] |
/Laocheng, a district of Luoyang City 洛陽市|洛阳市[Luo4yang2 Shi4], Henan/ |
346
|
2 |
|
|
|
老搭檔 |
老搭档 |
[[lao3da1dang4]] |
/longtime partner; longstanding collaborator/ |
10
|
2 |
|
|
|
老登 |
老登 |
[[lao3deng1]] |
/(derog.) older man (esp. one seen as out of touch)/ |
221
|
2 |
|
|
|
老底 |
老底 |
[[lao3di3]] |
/(coll.) one's past history (esp. embarrassing or private details)/ |
185
|
2 |
|
|
|
老夫老妻 |
老夫老妻 |
[[lao3fu1-lao3qi1]] |
/long-married couple/ |
136
|
2 |
|
|
|
老夫少妻 |
老夫少妻 |
[[lao3fu1-shao4qi1]] |
/(idiom) older husband and much younger wife/ |
70
|
2 |
|
|
|
老哥 |
老哥 |
[[lao3ge1]] |
/form of address for a (slightly) older man (esp. among males)/ |
141
|
2 |
|
|
|
老梗 |
老梗 |
[[lao3geng3]] |
/(Tw) unoriginal; hackneyed; (of a joke) old/ |
905
|
2 |
|
|
|
老古董 |
老古董 |
[[lao3gu3dong3]] |
/antique; old relic/(fig.) old-fashioned person or thing; old fogey/ |
170
|
2 |
|
|
|
老鴰 |
老鸹 |
[[lao3gua5]] |
/(dialect) crow; raven/ |
845
|
2 |
|
|
|
老廣 |
老广 |
[[lao3guang3]] |
/(coll.) person from Guangdong province (esp. Cantonese)/ |
267
|
2 |
|
|
|
老寒腿 |
老寒腿 |
[[lao3han2tui3]] |
/see 寒腿[han2tui3]/ |
77
|
2 |
|
|
|
老河口 |
老河口 |
[[Lao3he2kou3]] |
/see 老河口市[Lao3he2kou3 Shi4]/ |
516
|
2 |
|
|
|
老河口市 |
老河口市 |
[[Lao3he2kou3 Shi4]] |
/Laohekou, a county-level city in Xiangyang City 襄陽市|襄阳市[Xiang1yang2 Shi4], Hubei/ |
368
|
2 |
|
|
|
老狐狸 |
老狐狸 |
[[lao3hu2li5]] |
/(fig.) old fox; a wily, shrewd person/ |
160
|
2 |
|
|
|
老話 |
老话 |
[[lao3hua4]] |
/an old saying/ |
838
|
2 |
|
|
|
老化 |
老化 |
[[lao3hua4]] |
/(of a person, population or material) to age/(of knowledge) to become outdated/ |
795
|
2 |
|
|
|
老己 |
老己 |
[[lao3ji3]] |
/(neologism, attested by 2025) oneself, treated as an old friend/ |
33
|
2 |
|
|
|
老趼 |
老趼 |
[[lao3jian3]] |
/callus; corns (on the feet)/ |
859
|
2 |
|
|
|
老君 |
老君 |
[[Lao3jun1]] |
/Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism/ |
852
|
2 |
|
|
|
老來得子 |
老来得子 |
[[lao3lai2-de2zi3]] |
/to have a child late in life (esp. said of a father)/ |
192
|
2 |
|
|
|
老老 |
老老 |
[[lao3lao5]] |
/variant of 姥姥[lao3lao5]/ |
138
|
2 |
|
|
|
老例 |
老例 |
[[lao3li4]] |
/custom; customary practice/ |
705
|
2 |
|
|
|
老練 |
老练 |
[[lao3lian4]] |
/seasoned; experienced/ |
852
|
2 |
|
|
|
老兩口 |
老两口 |
[[lao3liang3kou3]] |
/old married couple/ |
785
|
2 |
|
|
|
老媽 |
老妈 |
[[lao3ma1]] |
/mother; mom/ |
852
|
2 |
|
|
|
老媽子 |
老妈子 |
[[lao3ma1zi5]] |
/older female servant; amah/ |
783
|
2 |
|
|
|
老邁 |
老迈 |
[[lao3mai4]] |
/aged; senile/ |
526
|
2 |
|
|
|
老妹 |
老妹 |
[[lao3mei4]] |
/(dialect) younger sister; familiar form of address for a younger woman/ |
60
|
2 |
|
|
|
老麵 |
老面 |
[[lao3mian4]] |
/sourdough starter/ |
32
|
2 |
|
|
|
老母 |
老母 |
[[lao3mu3]] |
/(coll.) mother; mom/(literary) elderly mother/ |
81
|
2 |
|
|
|
老衲 |
老衲 |
[[lao3na4]] |
/(literary) elderly Buddhist monk/(humble) I (used by elderly Buddhist monks)/ |
70
|
2 |
|
|
|
老年斑 |
老年斑 |
[[lao3nian2ban1]] |
/liver spot; age spot/ |
289
|
2 |
|
|
|
老年人 |
老年人 |
[[lao3nian2ren2]] |
/old people; the elderly/ |
673
|
2 |
|
|
|
老鳥 |
老鸟 |
[[lao3niao3]] |
/(coll.) old hand; veteran/ |
411
|
2 |
|
|
|
老牌 |
老牌 |
[[lao3pai2]] |
/old, well-known brand/old style; old school/an old hand; experienced veteran/ |
814
|
2 |
|
|
|
老婆本 |
老婆本 |
[[lao3po2ben3]] |
/savings a man puts aside for married life/ |
37
|
2 |
|
|
|
老婆餅 |
老婆饼 |
[[lao3po2bing3]] |
/"wife cake" – a thin, flaky Cantonese pastry filled with sweetened winter melon (or other mild sweet fillings)/ |
257
|
2 |
|
|
|
老譜 |
老谱 |
[[lao3pu3]] |
/old ways; old habit/ |
860
|
2 |
|
|
|
老千 |
老千 |
[[lao3qian1]] |
/swindler; cheat (in gambling)/ |
700
|
2 |
|
|
|
老錢 |
老钱 |
[[lao3qian2]] |
/(slang) old money; (attributive) characterized by understated luxury and elite taste/ |
74
|
2 |
|
|
|
老去 |
老去 |
[[lao3qu4]] |
/to get old/ |
852
|
2 |
|
|
|
老嫂子 |
老嫂子 |
[[lao3sao3zi5]] |
/(slang) effeminate man/ |
37
|
2 |
|
|
|
老少配 |
老少配 |
[[lao3shao4pei4]] |
/romantic relationship with a significant age gap/ |
190
|
2 |
|
|
|
老神在在 |
老神在在 |
[[lao3shen2-zai4zai4]] |
/(Tw) calm; unperturbed (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [lāu-sîn-tsāi-tsāi])/ |
556
|
2 |
|
|
|
老師 |
老师 |
[[lao3shi1]] |
/teacher/ |
78
|
2 |
|
|
|
老實 |
老实 |
[[lao3shi5]] |
/honest; sincere/well-behaved/naive; gullible/ |
852
|
2 |
|
|
|
老鼠 |
老鼠 |
[[lao3shu3]] |
/rat; mouse (CL:隻|只[zhi1])/ |
833
|
2 |
|
|
|
老鼠倉 |
老鼠仓 |
[[lao3shu3cang1]] |
/(finance) "rat trading", a form of front-running in which a fund manager secretly builds a position in a security at low prices using personal funds, then uses public funds to drive up the price/ |
350
|
2 |
|
|
|
老死 |
老死 |
[[lao3si3]] |
/to die of old age/ |
844
|
2 |
|
|
|
老態龍鍾 |
老态龙钟 |
[[lao3tai4-long2zhong1]] |
/(idiom) doddering; senile/ |
497
|
2 |
|
|
|
老土 |
老土 |
[[lao3tu3]] |
/old-fashioned; unstylish/ |
894
|
2 |
|
|
|
老頑固 |
老顽固 |
[[lao3wan2gu4]] |
/(derog.) old-fashioned and stubborn person; stick in the mud/ |
144
|
2 |
|
|
|
老撾 |
老挝 |
[[Lao3wo1]] |
/Laos/ |
713
|
2 |
|
|
|
老鄉 |
老乡 |
[[lao3xiang1]] |
/fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown/ |
852
|
2 |
|
|
|
老羞成怒 |
老羞成怒 |
[[lao3xiu1-cheng2nu4]] |
/see 惱羞成怒|恼羞成怒[nao3xiu1-cheng2nu4]/ |
521
|
2 |
|
|
|
老朽 |
老朽 |
[[lao3xiu3]] |
/decrepit and behind the times; old; useless/(humble) I; me (used by the elderly)/ |
630
|
2 |
|
|
|
老么 |
老幺 |
[[lao3yao1]] |
/(coll.) youngest child/ |
158
|
2 |
|
|
|
老爺爺 |
老爷爷 |
[[lao3ye2ye5]] |
/(polite) elderly man/ |
9
|
2 |
|
|
|
老爺子 |
老爷子 |
[[lao3ye2zi5]] |
/my (your etc) old father/polite appellation for an elderly male/ |
145
|
2 |
|
|
|
老一輩 |
老一辈 |
[[lao3yi1bei4]] |
/older generation/ |
445
|
2 |
|
|
|
老鷹 |
老鹰 |
[[lao3ying1]] |
/(coll.) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey/ |
877
|
2 |
|
|
|
老鷹星雲 |
老鹰星云 |
[[Lao3ying1 Xing1yun2]] |
/Eagle Nebula, aka Star Queen Nebula, M16/ |
857
|
2 |
|
|
|
老油條 |
老油条 |
[[lao3you2tiao2]] |
/old fox; slick customer/ |
869
|
2 |
|
|
|
老嫗 |
老妪 |
[[lao3yu4]] |
/(literary) old woman/ |
295
|
2 |
|
|
|
老丈人 |
老丈人 |
[[lao3zhang4ren5]] |
/(coll.) father-in-law (wife's father)/ |
948
|
2 |
|
|
|
老中 |
老中 |
[[lao3zhong1]] |
/(slang) Chinese people; we Chinese (often self-referential, ironic); China; the Chinese side/ |
187
|
2 |
|
|
|
老總 |
老总 |
[[lao3zong3]] |
/boss/sir (person with a leading role in an organization)/(after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA/(Qing dynasty) high ranking government official/(old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer/ |
852
|
2 |
|
|
|
劉鶚 |
刘鹗 |
[Liu2 E4] |
/Liu E (1857-1909), late Qing novelist, author of 老殘遊記|老残游记[Lao3 Can2 You2 ji4]/ |
5333
|
1 |
|
|
|
龍頭老大 |
龙头老大 |
[long2 tou2 lao3 da4] |
/big boss/leader of a group/dominant (position)/ |
7106
|
1 |
|
|
|
駱駝祥子 |
骆驼祥子 |
[Luo4 tuo5 Xiang2 zi5] |
/Camel Xiangzi, novel by Lao She 老舍[Lao3 She3]/ |
1955
|
1 |
|
|
|
貓哭老鼠 |
猫哭老鼠 |
[mao1 ku1 lao3 shu3] |
/the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence/crocodile tears/ |
6337
|
1 |
|
|
|
米老鼠 |
米老鼠 |
[Mi3 Lao3 shu3] |
/Mickey Mouse/ |
4961
|
1 |
|
|
|
米奇老鼠 |
米奇老鼠 |
[Mi3 qi2 Lao3 shu3] |
/Mickey Mouse/ |
4962
|
1 |
|
|
|
棉蘭老島 |
棉兰老岛 |
[Mian2 lan2 lao3 Dao3] |
/Mindanao (island in the Philippines)/ |
5134
|
1 |
|
|
|
母老虎 |
母老虎 |
[mu3 lao3 hu3] |
/tigress/(fig.) fierce woman/vixen/ |
4956
|
1 |
|
|
|
木訥老人 |
木讷老人 |
[mu4 ne4 lao3 ren2] |
/ungraduated ruler/straight edge/ |
6604
|
1 |
|
|
|
男女老少 |
男女老少 |
[nan2 nü3 lao3 shao4] |
/men, women, young and old; all kinds of people; people of all ages/ |
981
|
1 |
|
|
|
男女老幼 |
男女老幼 |
[nan2 nü3 lao3 you4] |
/men, women, young and old/everybody/ |
4596
|
1 |
|
|
|
年老 |
年老 |
[nian2 lao3] |
/aged/ |
7106
|
1 |
|
|
|
年老力衰 |
年老力衰 |
[nian2 lao3 li4 shuai1] |
/old and weak (idiom)/ |
6337
|
1 |
|
|
|
年老體弱 |
年老体弱 |
[nian2 lao3 ti3 ruo4] |
/old and weak (idiom)/ |
6337
|
1 |
|
|
|
怕老婆 |
怕老婆 |
[pa4 lao3 po2] |
/henpecked/to be under one's wife's thumb/ |
5005
|
1 |
|
|
|
普通老百姓 |
普通老百姓 |
[pu3 tong1 lao3 bai3 xing4] |
/common people/average people/hoi polloi/ |
7106
|
1 |
|
|
|
七老八十 |
七老八十 |
[qi1 lao3 ba1 shi2] |
/in one's seventies (age)/very old (of people)/ |
6811
|
1 |
|
|
|
青天大老爺 |
青天大老爷 |
[[qing1tian1 da4lao3ye5]] |
/my lord (respectful form of address for an official or a magistrate in imperial China)/ |
445
|
2 |
|
|
|
秋老虎 |
秋老虎 |
[qiu1 lao3 hu3] |
/hot spell during autumn/Indian summer/ |
6717
|
1 |
|
|
|
人老珠黃 |
人老珠黄 |
[ren2 lao3 zhu1 huang2] |
/(of a woman) old and faded/ |
5211
|
1 |
|
|
|
山中無老虎，猴子稱大王 |
山中无老虎，猴子称大王 |
[shan1 zhong1 wu2 lao3 hu3 , hou2 zi5 cheng1 da4 wang2] |
/in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king (idiom)/(depending on the source, the last word is either 大王[da4 wang2] or 大王[dai4 wang5])/ |
1594
|
1 |
|
|
|
上有老下有小 |
上有老下有小 |
[shang4 you3 lao3 xia4 you3 xiao3] |
/lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)/fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children/sandwich generation/ |
4510
|
1 |
|
|
|
少年夫妻老來伴 |
少年夫妻老来伴 |
[shao4 nian2 fu1 qi1 lao3 lai2 ban4] |
/husband and wife in youth, companions in old age/ |
3254
|
1 |
|
|
|
少年老成 |
少年老成 |
[shao4 nian2 lao3 cheng2] |
/accomplished though young/lacking youthful vigor/ |
5321
|
1 |
|
|
|
少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲 |
少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲 |
[shao4 zhuang4 bu4 nu3 li4 , lao3 da4 tu2 shang1 bei1] |
/if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age/ |
6117
|
1 |
|
|
|
深山老林 |
深山老林 |
[[shen1shan1-lao3lin2]] |
/(idiom) backwoods; wilderness/ |
211
|
2 |
|
|
|
生老病死 |
生老病死 |
[[sheng1-lao3-bing4-si3]] |
/(lit.) to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die (idiom)/(fig.) the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality)/ |
54
|
2 |
|
|
|
聖誕老人 |
圣诞老人 |
[Sheng4 dan4 Lao3 ren2] |
/Father Christmas; Santa Claus/ |
1470
|
1 |
|
|
|
識途老馬 |
识途老马 |
[shi2 tu2 lao3 ma3] |
/lit. an old horse knows the way home (idiom); fig. in difficulty, trust an experience colleague/ |
6337
|
1 |
|
|
|
適老化 |
适老化 |
[[shi4lao3hua4]] |
/to make (products, living spaces etc) suitable for the elderly; (attributive) senior-friendly; elder-accessible/ |
577
|
2 |
|
|
|
疏而不漏 |
疏而不漏 |
[shu1 er2 bu4 lou4] |
/loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3]); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape/ |
2510
|
1 |
|
|
|
舒慶春 |
舒庆春 |
[Shu1 Qing4 chun1] |
/Shu Qingchun (1899-1966), the real name of author Lao She 老舍[Lao3 She3]/ |
4534
|
1 |
|
|
|
衰老 |
衰老 |
[shuai1 lao3] |
/to age/to deteriorate with age/old and weak/ |
6946
|
1 |
|
|
|
水老鴉 |
水老鸦 |
[shui3 lao3 ya1] |
/common name for cormorant/ |
5770
|
1 |
|
|
|
說老實話 |
说老实话 |
[shuo1 lao3 shi5 hua4] |
/to be honest/to tell the truth/to be frank/ |
1918
|
1 |
|
|
|
四世同堂 |
四世同堂 |
[Si4 Shi4 Tong2 tang2] |
/Four Generations Under One Roof, novel by Lao She 老舍[Lao3 She3]/ |
4988
|
1 |
|
|
|
算老幾 |
算老几 |
[suan4 lao3 ji3] |
/just who do (you) think (you) are? (or "just who does (she) think (she) is?" etc)/ |
1816
|
1 |
|
|
|
Tony老師 |
Tony老师 |
[t o n y lao3 shi1] |
/(slang) hairdresser/ |
2573
|
1 |
|
|
|
唐老鴨 |
唐老鸭 |
[Tang2 Lao3 ya1] |
/Donald Duck/ |
4961
|
1 |
|
|
|
天老兒 |
天老儿 |
[tian1 lao3 r5] |
/albino (human)/ |
5012
|
1 |
|
|
|
天老爺 |
天老爷 |
[tian1 lao3 ye5] |
/see 老天爺|老天爷[lao3 tian1 ye2]/ |
5010
|
1 |
|
|
|
天荒地老 |
天荒地老 |
[[tian1huang1-di4lao3]] |
/(idiom) until the end of time/ |
496
|
2 |
|
|
|
土老帽 |
土老帽 |
[tu3 lao3 mao4] |
/hillbilly/yokel/redneck/bumpkin/ |
4502
|
1 |
|
|
|
頹老 |
颓老 |
[tui2 lao3] |
/old and decrepit/senile/ |
6483
|
1 |
|
|
|
退休金雙軌制 |
退休金双轨制 |
[tui4 xiu1 jin1 shuang1 gui3 zhi4] |
/see 養老金雙軌制|养老金双轨制[yang3 lao3 jin1 shuang1 gui3 zhi4]/ |
4169
|
1 |
|
|
|
托老所 |
托老所 |
[tuo1 lao3 suo3] |
/senior center/ |
5323
|
1 |
|
|
|
托尼老師 |
托尼老师 |
[Tuo1 ni2 lao3 shi1] |
/(neologism) (slang) barber; hairdresser/ |
1029
|
1 |
|
|
|
王老吉 |
王老吉 |
[Wang2 lao3 ji2] |
/Wanglaoji (beverage brand)/ |
6095
|
1 |
|
|
|
王老五 |
王老五 |
[wang2 lao3 wu3] |
/bachelor (lit. fifth child of the Wangs)/ |
1320
|
1 |
|
|
|
未老先衰 |
未老先衰 |
[wei4 lao3 xian1 shuai1] |
/to age prematurely/ |
5876
|
1 |
|
|
|
撾 |
挝 |
[[wo1]] |
/used 老撾|老挝[Lao3wo1]/ |
713
|
2 |
|
|
|
無顏見江東父老 |
无颜见江东父老 |
[wu2 yan2 jian4 Jiang1 dong1 fu4 lao3] |
/(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[Xiang4 Yu3], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)/ |
2828
|
1 |
|
|
|
顯老 |
显老 |
[xian3 lao3] |
/to look old/ |
6686
|
1 |
|
|
|
小老鼠 |
小老鼠 |
[xiao3 lao3 shu3] |
/@/at symbol/ |
3893
|
1 |
|
|
|
小登 |
小登 |
[[xiao3deng1]] |
/(slang) youngster; kid (humorous or self-deprecating neologism derived from 老登[lao3deng1], established since c. 2022)/ |
345
|
2 |
|
|
|
小老婆 |
小老婆 |
[[xiao3lao3po2]] |
/concubine/mistress/(dialect) woman/ |
844
|
2 |
|
|
|
偕老 |
偕老 |
[xie2 lao3] |
/to grow old together/ |
6023
|
1 |
|
|
|
鬚生 |
须生 |
[xu1 sheng1] |
/see 老生[lao3 sheng1]/ |
4816
|
1 |
|
|
|
徐娘半老 |
徐娘半老 |
[Xu2 niang2 ban4 lao3] |
/middle-aged but still attractive woman/lady of a certain age/ |
4104
|
1 |
|
|
|
玄之又玄 |
玄之又玄 |
[xuan2 zhi1 you4 xuan2] |
/mystery within a mystery/the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3]/ |
2510
|
1 |
|
|
|
閻老 |
阎老 |
[Yan2 lao3] |
/(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell/ |
1074
|
1 |
|
|
|
養兒防老 |
养儿防老 |
[yang3 er2 fang2 lao3] |
/(of parents) to bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age/ |
7106
|
1 |
|
|
|
養老 |
养老 |
[yang3 lao3] |
/to provide for the elderly (family members)/to enjoy a life in retirement/ |
5017
|
1 |
|
|
|
養老保險 |
养老保险 |
[yang3 lao3 bao3 xian3] |
/old-age insurance/ |
6867
|
1 |
|
|
|
養老金 |
养老金 |
[yang3 lao3 jin1] |
/pension/ |
7106
|
1 |
|
|
|
養老送終 |
养老送终 |
[yang3 lao3 song4 zhong1] |
/to look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die/ |
5214
|
1 |
|
|
|
養老院 |
养老院 |
[yang3 lao3 yuan4] |
/nursing home/ |
7106
|
1 |
|
|
|
養老金雙軌制 |
养老金双轨制 |
[[yang3lao3jin1 shuang1gui3zhi4]] |
/(PRC) dual-track pension system (with separate schemes for public-sector and enterprise employees)/ |
95
|
2 |
|
|
|
一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋湯 |
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤 |
[yi1 ke1 lao3 shu3 shi3 huai4 le5 yi1 guo1 tang1] |
/lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)/fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch/ |
1675
|
1 |
|
|
|
一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥 |
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 |
[yi1 ke1 lao3 shu3 shi3 huai4 le5 yi1 guo1 zhou1] |
/see 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥|一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥[yi1 li4 lao3 shu3 shi3 huai4 le5 yi1 guo1 zhou1]/ |
4628
|
1 |
|
|
|
一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥 |
一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 |
[yi1 li4 lao3 shu3 shi3 huai4 le5 yi1 guo1 zhou1] |
/lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)/fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch/ |
1675
|
1 |
|
|
|
遺老 |
遗老 |
[[yi2lao3]] |
/elderly loyalist of a former dynasty; former official who remains loyal after a dynastic change/ |
169
|
2 |
|
|
|
以老大自居 |
以老大自居 |
[yi3 lao3 da4 zi4 ju1] |
/regarding oneself as number one in terms of leadership, seniority or status/ |
6569
|
1 |
|
|
|
倚老賣老 |
倚老卖老 |
[[yi3lao3-mai4lao3]] |
/(idiom) to flaunt one's seniority; to rely on one's age or length of experience to control or belittle others/ |
720
|
2 |
|
|
|
以老賣老 |
以老卖老 |
[[yi3lao3-mai4lao3]] |
/variant of 倚老賣老|倚老卖老[yi3lao3-mai4lao3]/ |
720
|
2 |
|
|
|
音意合譯 |
音意合译 |
[yin1 yi4 he2 yi4] |
/formation of a loanword using some characters (or words) chosen for their meaning and others for phonetic transcription (e.g. 冰淇淋[bing1 qi2 lin2], 朗姆酒[lang3 mu3 jiu3], 奶昔[nai3 xi1] and 米老鼠[Mi3 Lao3 shu3])/ |
2167
|
1 |
|
|
|
油老虎 |
油老虎 |
[[you2lao3hu3]] |
/gas guzzler/ |
287
|
2 |
|
|
|
元老院 |
元老院 |
[yuan2 lao3 yuan4] |
/upper house/senate/senior statesmen's assembly/ |
7106
|
1 |
|
|
|
元老 |
元老 |
[[yuan2lao3]] |
/senior figure; doyen; founding member; veteran/ |
163
|
2 |
|
|
|
月老 |
月老 |
[yue4 lao3] |
/matchmaker/go-between/same as 月下老人[yue4 xia4 lao3 ren2]/ |
6071
|
1 |
|
|
|
月下老人 |
月下老人 |
[yue4 xia4 lao3 ren2] |
/minor divinity concerned with marriage/matchmaker/go-between/ |
6071
|
1 |
|
|
|
早老素 |
早老素 |
[zao3 lao3 su4] |
/presenilins/ |
7106
|
1 |
|
|
|
早老性痴呆 |
早老性痴呆 |
[zao3 lao3 xing4 chi1 dai1] |
/(coll.) Alzheimer's disease/ |
2116
|
1 |
|
|
|
長老 |
长老 |
[zhang3 lao3] |
/elder/term of respect for a Buddhist monk/ |
6056
|
1 |
|
|
|
長老會 |
长老会 |
[Zhang3 lao3 hui4] |
/Presbyterianism/ |
4482
|
1 |
|
|
|
紙老虎 |
纸老虎 |
[zhi3 lao3 hu3] |
/paper tiger/ |
6832
|
1 |
|
|
|
終老 |
终老 |
[zhong1 lao3] |
/to spend one's last years/ |
5512
|
1 |
|
|
|
中老年 |
中老年 |
[zhong1 lao3 nian2] |
/middle and old age/ |
6946
|
1 |
|
|
|
中老年人 |
中老年人 |
[zhong1 lao3 nian2 ren2] |
/middle-aged and elderly people/ |
6946
|
1 |
|
|
|
諸子 |
诸子 |
[zhu1 zi3] |
/various sages/refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others/ |
5096
|
1 |
|
|
|
諸子十家 |
诸子十家 |
[zhu1 zi3 shi2 jia1] |
/various sages and ten schools of thought/refers to the classical schools of thought, e.g. Confucianism 儒[ru2] represented by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3], Daoism 道[dao4] by Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3] and Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3], Mohism 墨[mo4] by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], Legalism 法[fa3] by Sunzi 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] and Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子[Han2 Fei1 zi3], and numerous others/ |
5096
|
1 |
|
|
|
莊老 |
庄老 |
[Zhuang1 Lao3] |
/Zhuangzi and Laozi, the Daoist masters/ |
6888
|
1 |
|
|
|
鑽石王老五 |
钻石王老五 |
[zuan4 shi2 wang2 lao3 wu3] |
/highly eligible bachelor/desirable male partner/ |
6142
|
1 |
|
|
|
尊老 |
尊老 |
[zun1 lao3] |
/respect the aged/ |
6356
|
1 |
|
|
|
尊老愛幼 |
尊老爱幼 |
[zun1 lao3 ai4 you4] |
/respect the old and cherish the young/ |
6356
|
1 |
