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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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough | HSK 1 |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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| | 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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| | (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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| | classic car | |
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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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| | old-fashioned / old type / outdated | |
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| | (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man | |
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