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HSK
teacher / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents
HSK 1
ordinary people / the "person in the street" / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
(coll.) husband
HSK 4
always
HSK 2
native place / place of origin / home state or region
HSK 4
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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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough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
elderly lady (respectful) / esteemed mother / CL:
HSK 3
old friend / (slang) period / menstruation
HSK 2
(coll.) wife
HSK 4
honest; sincere / well-behaved / naive; gullible
HSK 4
boss / business proprietor / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
elderly / old age / autumn of one's years
HSK 2
nursing home
HSK 7-9
ancient / old / age-old
HSK 5
to provide for the elderly (family members) / to enjoy a life in retirement
HSK 6
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)
to age / to deteriorate with age / old and weak
HSK 7-9
honestly speaking; to be frank, ...
HSK 7-9
to be honest / to tell the truth / to be frank
HSK 7-9
HSK 3
Broadway (New York City)
(of a person, population or material) to age / (of knowledge) to become outdated
HSK 7-9
to thump repeatedly with one's fist
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)
to grow old together
vise / pincer pliers
Father Christmas; Santa Claus
(coll.) a Mexican
shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation
HSK 7-9
(coll.) father-in-law (wife's father)
(respectful) lord / master / (coll.) maternal grandfather
old man / I (an old man referring to himself)
HSK 7-9
(of parents) to bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age
(slang) very close friend; bro
middle and old age
pension
HSK 7-9
Donald Duck
experienced and careful
senior figure / elder / doyen
HSK 7-9
old-age insurance
middle-aged and elderly people
fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown
HSK 6
seasoned; experienced
very far away
HSK 7-9
(coll.) eunuch / see also 老公
minor divinity concerned with marriage / matchmaker / go-between
hot spell during autumn / Indian summer
every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
(idiom) to flaunt one's seniority; to rely on one's age or length of experience to control or belittle others
taking everyone along, young and old / to look after the elderly and the young
female proprietor / lady boss / boss's wife
(coll.) an American; person from the United States
middle-aged but still attractive woman / lady of a certain age
in one's seventies (age) / very old (of people)
middle-aged but still attractive woman / lady of a certain age
aged
(slang) hairdresser
primary wife
just who do (you) think (you) are? (or "just who does (she) think (she) is?" etc)
polite term for old woman or man
HSK 7-9
God / Heavens
to admit to one's advancing years / to acquiesce to old age
decrepit and behind the times; old; useless / (humble) I; me (used by the elderly)
(coll.) old fellow / old codger
(coll.) to live with and depend on one's parents even upon reaching adulthood
to respect the elderly
to get old
father; dad
aging (population)
men, women, young and old / everybody
(Tw) unoriginal; hackneyed; (of a joke) old
chronic illness / old weakness / chronic problem
paper tiger
to look old
nickname for official
matchmaker / go-between / same as 月下老人
God / Heavens
where in the order of seniority among siblings? / (sometimes used in rhetorical questions to express disparagement)
rat; mouse (CL:隻|只)
to cheat (in gambling)
Wanglaoji (beverage brand)
second-eldest child in a family / (euphemism) penis
(of a woman) old and faded
hackneyed / well-worn (phrase etc) / same old story / stereotypical fashion
presbyopia
upper house / senate / senior statesmen's assembly
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
henpecked / to be under one's wife's thumb
(affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal
classic car
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
elderly gentleman (respectful) / esteemed father
senior citizens' home; old folks' home
uncle / grandpa / CL:
old-fashioned / old type / outdated
(coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man

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