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|  |  | old man or woman  / the elderly  / one's aged parents or grandparents  | HSK 1 | 
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|  |  | ordinary people  /  the "person in the street"  / CL: 個|个 | HSK 3 | 
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|  |  | (coll.) husband  | HSK 4 | 
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|  |  | always  | HSK 2 | 
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|  |  | native place  / place of origin  / home state or region  | HSK 4 | 
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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people)  / venerable (person)  / experienced  / of long standing  / always  / all the time  / of the past  / very  / outdated  / (of meat etc) tough  | HSK 1 | 
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|  |  | elderly lady (respectful)  /  esteemed mother  / CL: 位 | HSK 3 | 
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|  |  | old friend  / (slang) period  / menstruation  | HSK 2 | 
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|  |  | (coll.) wife  | HSK 4 | 
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|  |  | honest; sincere  / well-behaved  / naive; gullible  | HSK 4 | 
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|  |  | boss  /  business proprietor  / CL: 個|个 | HSK 3 | 
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|  |  | elderly  / old age  / autumn of one's years  | HSK 2 | 
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|  |  | (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)  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | nursing home  | HSK 7-9 | 
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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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|  |  | 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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|  |  | to age  / to deteriorate with age  / old and weak  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | honestly speaking; to be frank, ...  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | to be honest  / to tell the truth  / to be frank  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | Broadway (New York City)  |  | 
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|  |  | liver spot; age spot  |  | 
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|  |  | (of a person, population or material) to age  / (of knowledge) to become outdated  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | to thump repeatedly with one's fist  |  | 
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|  |  | 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)  |  | 
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|  |  | to grow old together  |  | 
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|  |  | vise  / pincer pliers  |  | 
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|  |  | Father Christmas; Santa Claus  |  | 
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|  |  | (coll.) a Mexican  |  | 
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|  |  | shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | (coll.) father-in-law (wife's father)  |  | 
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|  |  | (respectful) lord  / master  / (coll.) maternal grandfather  |  | 
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|  |  | old man  / I (an old man referring to himself)  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | (of parents) to bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age  |  | 
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|  |  | (slang) very close friend; bro  |  | 
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|  |  | middle and old age  |  | 
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|  |  | pension  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | Donald Duck  |  | 
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|  |  | experienced and careful  |  | 
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|  |  | senior figure  / elder  / doyen  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | old-age insurance  |  | 
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|  |  | middle-aged and elderly people  |  | 
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|  |  | fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown  | HSK 6 | 
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|  |  | seasoned; experienced  |  | 
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|  |  | very far away  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | (coll.) eunuch  /  see also 老公 |  | 
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|  |  | minor divinity concerned with marriage  / matchmaker  / go-between  |  | 
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|  |  | hot spell during autumn  / Indian summer  |  | 
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|  |  | every potter praises his own pot (idiom)  / all one's geese are swans  |  | 
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|  |  | (idiom) to flaunt one's seniority; to rely on one's age or length of experience to control or belittle others  |  | 
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|  |  | taking everyone along, young and old  / to look after the elderly and the young  |  | 
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|  |  | female proprietor  / lady boss  / boss's wife  |  | 
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|  |  | (coll.) an American; person from the United States  |  | 
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|  |  | middle-aged but still attractive woman  / lady of a certain age  |  | 
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|  |  | in one's seventies (age)  / very old (of people)  |  | 
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|  |  | middle-aged but still attractive woman  / lady of a certain age  |  | 
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|  |  | aged  |  | 
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|  |  | (slang) hairdresser  |  | 
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|  |  | primary wife  |  | 
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|  |  | just who do (you) think (you) are? (or "just who does (she) think (she) is?" etc)  |  | 
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|  |  | polite term for old woman or man  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | God  / Heavens  |  | 
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|  |  | to admit to one's advancing years  / to acquiesce to old age  |  | 
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|  |  | decrepit and behind the times; old; useless  / (humble) I; me (used by the elderly)  |  | 
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|  |  | (coll.) old fellow  / old codger  |  | 
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|  |  | (coll.) to live with and depend on one's parents even upon reaching adulthood  |  | 
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|  |  | to respect the elderly  |  | 
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|  |  | to get old  |  | 
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|  |  | father; dad  |  | 
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|  |  | aging (population)  |  | 
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|  |  | men, women, young and old  / everybody  |  | 
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|  |  | (Tw) unoriginal; hackneyed; (of a joke) old  |  | 
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|  |  | chronic illness  / old weakness  / chronic problem  |  | 
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|  |  | paper tiger  |  | 
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|  |  | to look old  |  | 
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|  |  | nickname for official  |  | 
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|  |  | matchmaker  /  go-between  /  same as 月下老人 |  | 
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|  |  | God  / Heavens  |  | 
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|  |  | where in the order of seniority among siblings?  / (sometimes used in rhetorical questions to express disparagement)  |  | 
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|  |  | to cheat (in gambling)  |  | 
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|  |  | Wanglaoji (beverage brand)  |  | 
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|  |  | second-eldest child in a family  / (euphemism) penis  |  | 
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|  |  | (of a woman) old and faded  |  | 
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|  |  | hackneyed  / well-worn (phrase etc)  / same old story  / stereotypical fashion  |  | 
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|  |  | presbyopia  |  | 
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|  |  | upper house  / senate  / senior statesmen's assembly  |  | 
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|  |  | 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  |  | 
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|  |  | henpecked  / to be under one's wife's thumb  |  | 
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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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|  |  | 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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|  |  | elderly gentleman (respectful)  / esteemed father  |  | 
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|  |  | senior citizens' home; old folks' home  |  | 
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