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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough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(of a person, population or material) to age / (of knowledge) to become outdated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

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