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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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough | HSK 3 |
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| | (coll.) wife | HSK 5 |
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| | boss / business proprietor / CL: 個|个 | HSK 5 |
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| | ordinary people / the "person in the street" / CL: 個|个 | HSK 5 |
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| | honest / sincere / well-behaved / open and guileless / naive | HSK 5 |
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| | to age / to deteriorate with age / old and weak | HSK 6 |
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| | old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents | |
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| | I (spoken by an old man) | |
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| | elderly / old age / autumn of one's years | |
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| | a long time ago | |
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| | senior figure / elder / doyen | |
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| | elderly lady (respectful) / esteemed mother / CL: 位 | |
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| | God / Heavens | |
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| | (coll.) husband | |
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| | (coll.) eunuch / see also 老公 | |
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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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| | to age (of person or object) / becoming old | |
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| | one who tries never to offend anybody | |
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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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| | ancient / old / age-old | |
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| | always | |
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| | slot machine | |
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| | sir (respectful form of address for an old man) | |
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| | Robam (brand) | |
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| | veteran | |
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| | aged | |
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| | father / dad | |
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| | middle and old age | |
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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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| | (dialect) father / old man / sir | |
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| | matchmaker / go-between / same as 月下老人 | |
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| | Lao Cai, Vietnam / Laokai or Laukkai, Burma (Myanmar) | |
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| | (coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person) / layman / amateur | |
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| | old-fashioned / old type / outdated | |
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| | solitary old man or woman / regular patron (at brothels) | |
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| | experienced person / an old hand at sth | |
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| | my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife | |
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| | the old and the young | |
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| | polite term for old woman or man | |
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| | hackneyed / well-worn (phrase etc) / same old story / stereotypical fashion | |
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| | oldie (song) | |
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| | old age / aging / aged / geriatric / the aged | |
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| | old people / the elderly | |
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| | wine, esp. Shaoxing wine | |
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| | old fellow / old man / father / husband | |
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| | to recover one's youthful vigor / to feel rejuvenated (idiom) | |
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| | (respectful) lord / master / (coll.) maternal grandfather | |
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| | rigorous schemes and deep foresight (idiom); astute and circumspect | |
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| | men, women, young and old / all kinds of people / people of all ages | |
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| | mother and father / parents | |
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| | female proprietor / lady boss / boss's wife | |
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| | mother / mom | |
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| | old friend / (slang) period / menstruation | |
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| | weary old body (colloquial term, used jocularly or irreverently) | |
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| | pharaoh (loanword) | |
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| | glutton | |
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| | God / Heavens | |
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| | elders | |
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| | elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy | |
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| | presbyopia | |
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| | shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation | |
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| | youngest | |
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| | old man; elderly man | |
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| | old friend / sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty) | |
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| | mature / experienced / sophisticated | |
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| | to grow old together | |
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| | (of an elderly couple) husband or wife | |
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| | (old) a senior in one's household | |
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| | my (your etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male | |
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| | Laohekou, county-level city in Xiangfan 襄樊, Hubei | |
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| | Laos | |
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| | old-fashioned / old-school | |
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| | old road / familiar way / beaten track / conventional behavior | |
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| | old / aged / (of calligraphy or painting) vigorous / forceful | |
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| | (coll.) to live with and depend on one's parents even upon reaching adulthood | |
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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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| | (coll.) eagle / hawk / any similar bird of prey | |
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| | 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) | |
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| | (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal | |
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| | the older generation / ancestors | |
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| | cheat / swindler (in gambling) | |
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| | to grow old / to age / aging | |
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| | nursing home / old people's home | |
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| | old situation / things as they were | |
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| | venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera) | |
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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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| | to spend one's last years | |
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| | (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man | |
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| | previous generation / older generation | |
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| | @ / at symbol | |
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| | Broadway (New York City) | |
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| | pension | |
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