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teacher / CL: 個|个,
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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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough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
old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents
HSK 1
elderly / old age / autumn of one's years
HSK 2
always
HSK 2
old friend / (slang) period / menstruation
HSK 2
boss / business proprietor / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
variant of 老闆|老板
HSK 3
elderly lady (respectful) / esteemed mother / CL:
HSK 3
ordinary people / the "person in the street" / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
HSK 3
(coll.) husband
HSK 4
(coll.) wife
HSK 4
honest; sincere / well-behaved / naive; gullible
HSK 4
native place / place of origin / home state or region
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 man / I (an old man referring to himself)
HSK 7-9
(of a person, population or material) to age / (of knowledge) to become outdated
HSK 7-9
senior figure / elder / doyen
HSK 7-9
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
polite term for old woman or man
HSK 7-9
shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation
HSK 7-9
nursing home
HSK 7-9
erhua variant of 老伴
HSK 7-9
honestly speaking; to be frank, ...
HSK 7-9
very far away
HSK 7-9
to age / to deteriorate with age / old and weak
HSK 7-9
to be honest / to tell the truth / to be frank
HSK 7-9
pension
HSK 7-9
(coll.) eunuch / see also 老公
(slang) hairdresser
old-fashioned / old type / outdated
Robam (brand)
old man; elderly man
my (your etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male
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)
God / Heavens
tiger / CL: 隻|只
rat; mouse (CL:隻|只)
aged
lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran
old lady
classic car
men, women, young and old / everybody
glutton
(of an elderly couple) husband or wife
uncle (polite form of address for older male)
Wanglaoji (beverage brand)
outmoded / old-fashioned
solitary old man or woman / regular patron (at brothels)
oldie (song)
I (spoken by an old man)
old age / aging / aged / geriatric / the aged
old soldier; veteran / veteran (sb who has a lot of experience in some domain)
(coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person) / layman / amateur
elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy
experienced person / an old hand at sth
second-eldest child in a family / (euphemism) penis
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
Laos
mother and father / parents
father; dad
Lao She (1899-1966), Chinese novelist and dramatist
respect for the aged
old friend / sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)
Lao Cai, Vietnam / Laokai or Laukkai, Burma (Myanmar)
hot spell during autumn / Indian summer
shrewd and ruthless / efficient and unscrupulous
(respectful) lord / master / (coll.) maternal grandfather
pharaoh (loanword)
mother; mom
old woman (at times contemptuous)
presbyopia
an old observation (idiom) / a truism / banal comments
father / old man / venerable sir
old fellow / old man / father / husband
Broadway (New York City)
previous generation / older generation
Mindanao (island in the Philippines)
uneducated person / yokel / boor / roughneck
seasoned; experienced
elder / term of respect for a Buddhist monk
venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera)
the old and the young / the youngest member of the family
bachelor (lit. fifth child of the Wangs)
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
respect the old and cherish the young
elders
advanced years / old age
men, women, young and old; all kinds of people; people of all ages
female brothel keeper
experienced and careful
immortality
custom; customary practice
to grow old together
rigorous schemes and deep foresight (idiom); astute and circumspect

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