| | 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 grow old together | |
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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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| | (coll.) a Mexican | |
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| | (coll.) father-in-law (wife's father) | |
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| | middle and old age | |
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| | experienced and careful | |
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| | middle-aged and elderly people | |
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| | outmoded / old-fashioned | |
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| | respect the old and cherish the young | |
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| | (dialect) sparrow | |
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| | (coll.) husband | HSK 4 |
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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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| | to age / to deteriorate with age / old and weak | HSK 7-9 |
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| | hot spell during autumn / Indian summer | |
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| | old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents | HSK 1 |
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| | (coll.) an American; person from the United States | |
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| | (slang) hairdresser | |
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| | native place / place of origin / home state or region | HSK 4 |
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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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| | ordinary people / the "person in the street" / CL: 個|个 | HSK 3 |
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| | very far away | HSK 7-9 |
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| | aged | |
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| | primary wife | |
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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 admit to one's advancing years / to acquiesce to old age | |
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| | Donald Duck | |
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| | decrepit and behind the times; old; useless / (humble) I; me (used by the elderly) | |
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| | to recover one's youthful vigor / to feel rejuvenated (idiom) | |
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| | (coll.) old fellow / old codger | |
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| | lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran | |
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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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| | fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown | HSK 6 |
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| | to grow old / to age / aging | |
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| | father; dad | |
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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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| | husband and wife in youth, companions in old age | |
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| | (neologism) (slang) barber; hairdresser | |
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| | matchmaker / go-between / same as 月下老人 | |
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| | God / Heavens | |
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| | lit. an old horse knows the way home (idiom); fig. in difficulty, trust an experience colleague | |
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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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| | elderly lady (respectful) / esteemed mother / CL: 位 | HSK 3 |
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| | always | HSK 2 |
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| | (of parents) to bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age | |
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| | treasure knife does not age (idiom); old but still vigorous | |
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| | hackneyed / well-worn (phrase etc) / same old story / stereotypical fashion | |
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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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| | presbyopia | |
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| | upper house / senate / senior statesmen's assembly | |
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| | One is never too old to learn. (idiom) | |
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| | (coll.) wife | HSK 4 |
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| | an old horse knows the way (idiom); an experienced worker knows what to do / an old hand knows the ropes | |
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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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| | my (your etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male | |
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| | senior figure / elder / doyen | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (slang) very close friend; bro | |
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| | senior citizens' home; old folks' home | |
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| | lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom) / fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever / the old man still has it | |
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| | taking everyone along, young and old / to look after the elderly and the young | |
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| | old-fashioned / old type / outdated | |
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| | fake important personage / sham | |
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| | (idiom) until the end of time | |
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| | if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age | |
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| | the old and the young | |
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| | mature / experienced / sophisticated | |
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| | lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch | |
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| | Mickey Mouse | |
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| | (coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman | |
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| | older female servant; amah | |
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| | every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans | |
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| | slot machine | |
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| | (coll.) debt dodger | |
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| | callus; corns (on the feet) | |
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| | my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife | |
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| | ancient / old / age-old | HSK 5 |
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| | lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die (idiom) / fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality) | |
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| | custom; customary practice | |
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| | very far away | |
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| | tigress / (fig.) fierce woman / vixen | |
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| | Mickey Mouse | |
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| | to look to the past for guidance (idiom) | |
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| | suitable for young and old | |
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