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| | 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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough | HSK 1 |
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| | old friend / (slang) period / menstruation | HSK 2 |
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| | always | HSK 2 |
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| | elderly / old age / autumn of one's years | HSK 2 |
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| | boss / business proprietor / CL: 個|个 | HSK 3 |
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| | elderly lady (respectful) / esteemed mother / CL: 位 | HSK 3 |
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| | ordinary people / the "person in the street" / CL: 個|个 | HSK 3 |
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| | (coll.) wife | HSK 4 |
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| | (coll.) husband | HSK 4 |
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| | native place / place of origin / home state or region | HSK 4 |
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| | honest; sincere / well-behaved / naive; gullible | HSK 4 |
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| | ancient / old / age-old | HSK 5 |
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| | to provide for the elderly (family members) / to enjoy a life in retirement | HSK 6 |
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| | fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown | HSK 6 |
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| | old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang | HSK 7-9 |
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| | nursing home | HSK 7-9 |
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| | polite term for old woman or man | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (of a person, population or material) to age / (of knowledge) to become outdated | HSK 7-9 |
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| | pension | HSK 7-9 |
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| | senior figure / elder / doyen | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to age / to deteriorate with age / old and weak | HSK 7-9 |
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| | old man / I (an old man referring to himself) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | very far away | HSK 7-9 |
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| | honestly speaking; to be frank, ... | HSK 7-9 |
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| | shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to be honest / to tell the truth / to be frank | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Robam (brand) | |
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| | God / Heavens | |
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| | old and frail / decrepit / doddering / decrepitude / infirmities of old age | |
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| | respect for the aged | |
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| | every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans | |
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| | Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism / the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经 by Laozi | |
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| | father / daddy / "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt) / I (used arrogantly or jocularly) | |
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| | old man | |
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| | my (your etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male | |
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| | lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom) / fig. everyone detests a lowlife | |
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| | old, well-known brand / old style; old school / an old hand; experienced veteran | |
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| | men, women, young and old / everybody | |
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| | (dialect) father / old man / sir | |
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| | matchmaker / go-between / same as 月下老人 | |
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| | solitary old man or woman / regular patron (at brothels) | |
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| | (slang) hairdresser | |
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| | oldie (song) | |
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| | experienced person / an old hand at sth | |
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| | swindler; cheat (in gambling) | |
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| | (coll.) eunuch / see also 老公 | |
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| | to grow old / to age / aging | |
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| | old age / aging / aged / geriatric / the aged | |
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| | wine, esp. Shaoxing wine | |
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| | to recover one's youthful vigor / to feel rejuvenated (idiom) | |
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| | nursing home / old people's home | |
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| | capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk | |
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| | paper tiger | |
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| | presbyopia | |
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| | youngest | |
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| | Lao Cai, Vietnam / Laokai or Laukkai, Burma (Myanmar) | |
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| | elder / term of respect for a Buddhist monk | |
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| | nickname for official | |
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| | (coll.) to live with and depend on one's parents even upon reaching adulthood | |
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| | (coll.) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey | |
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| | tigress / (fig.) fierce woman / vixen | |
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| | the older generation / ancestors | |
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| | elderly gentleman (respectful) / esteemed father | |
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| | previous generation / older generation | |
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| | (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part | |
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| | old people; the elderly | |
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| | (respectful) lord / master / (coll.) maternal grandfather | |
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| | to admit to one's advancing years / to acquiesce to old age | |
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| | (idiom) until the end of time | |
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| | big brother | |
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| | old fellow / old man / father / husband | |
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| | overly conservative / old-fashioned / old fogey / a square | |
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| | Donald Duck | |
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| | suitable for young and old | |
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| | female proprietor / lady boss / boss's wife | |
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| | very far away | |
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| | bachelor (lit. fifth child of the Wangs) | |
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| | (coll.) a long time | |
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| | classic car | |
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| | aged | |
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| | Broadway (New York City) | |
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| | concubine / mistress / (dialect) woman | |
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| | mother; mom | |
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| | middle and old age | |
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| | old fox / fig. cunning person | |
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| | (coll.) father-in-law (wife's father) | |
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| | father; dad | |
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| | Laozi and Zhuangzi (or Lao-tze and Chuang-tze), the founders of Daoism | |
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| | (old) a senior in one's household | |
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| | peddler / old or regular customer | |
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| | old fox; slick customer | |
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| | Presbyterianism | |
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