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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
father / daddy / "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt) / I (used arrogantly or jocularly)
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)
vise / pincer pliers
(coll.) a Mexican
teacher / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
(coll.) father-in-law (wife's father)
(respectful) lord / master / (coll.) maternal grandfather
(slang) very close friend; bro
experienced and careful
seasoned; experienced
(coll.) husband
HSK 4
(coll.) eunuch / see also 老公
old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents
HSK 1
honestly speaking; to be frank, ...
HSK 7-9
every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
female proprietor / lady boss / boss's wife
(coll.) an American; person from the United States
native place / place of origin / home state or region
HSK 4
ordinary people / the "person in the street" / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
(of a person, population or material) to age / (of knowledge) to become outdated
HSK 7-9
God / Heavens
decrepit and behind the times; old; useless / (humble) I; me (used by the elderly)
(coll.) old fellow / old codger
to get old
shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation
HSK 7-9
father; dad
aging (population)
(Tw) unoriginal; hackneyed; (of a joke) old
chronic illness / old weakness / chronic problem
old man / I (an old man referring to himself)
HSK 7-9
God / Heavens
where in the order of seniority among siblings? / (sometimes used in rhetorical questions to express disparagement)
rat; mouse (CL:隻|只)
second-eldest child in a family / (euphemism) penis
elderly lady (respectful) / esteemed mother / CL:
HSK 3
always
HSK 2
hackneyed / well-worn (phrase etc) / same old story / stereotypical fashion
presbyopia
(coll.) wife
HSK 4
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
(affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal
classic car
elderly gentleman (respectful) / esteemed father
uncle / grandpa / CL:
honest; sincere / well-behaved / naive; gullible
HSK 4
old-fashioned / old type / outdated
(coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man
the old and the young
mature / experienced / sophisticated
(coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman
penny-pincher; miser
callus; corns (on the feet)
weary old body (colloquial term, used jocularly or irreverently)
my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife
older female servant; amah
very far away
HSK 7-9
custom; customary practice
old fellow / old man / father / husband
suitable for young and old
cheating neither old nor young / treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.
old friend / (slang) period / menstruation
HSK 2
old fox / fig. cunning person
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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
lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran
to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own
(coll.) docile / well-behaved / biddable
old people; the elderly
(dialect) crow; raven
(dialect) veteran actor / old trouper
old man
Laozi and Zhuangzi (or Lao-tze and Chuang-tze), the founders of Daoism
shamelessly
an old saying
to play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal
(coll.) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey
big brother
(coll.) black person
uncle (polite form of address for older male)
tiger / CL: 隻|只
tiger salad, a northeast China dish usually consisting of hot pepper, cucumber, cilantro and leek
(coll.) an old hand at sth
no longer a child (idiom)
(coll.) debt dodger
wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom) / the simple and good life
mother; mom
the old and the young / the youngest member of the family
Lao She (1899–1966), Chinese novelist and dramatist
older generation
sir (respectful form of address for an old man)
polite term for old woman or man
HSK 7-9
father / husband / old man
old town / old district of a city
old and wise / experienced and knowledgeable
Laos
father / old man / venerable sir
my (your etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male
unmarried old woman / spinster
Robam (brand)
boss / business proprietor / CL: 個|个
HSK 3

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