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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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough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
teacher / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents
HSK 1
always
HSK 2
elderly / old age / autumn of one's years
HSK 2
old friend / (slang) period / menstruation
HSK 2
boss / business proprietor / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
elderly lady (respectful) / esteemed mother / CL:
HSK 3
variant of 老闆|老板
HSK 3
HSK 3
ordinary people / the "person in the street" / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
honest; sincere / well-behaved / naive; gullible
HSK 4
(coll.) husband
HSK 4
(coll.) wife
HSK 4
native place / place of origin / home state or region
HSK 4
fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown
HSK 6
polite term for old woman or man
HSK 7-9
(of a person, population or material) to age / (of knowledge) to become outdated
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
very far away
HSK 7-9
shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation
HSK 7-9
erhua variant of 老伴
HSK 7-9
honestly speaking; to be frank, ...
HSK 7-9
old man / I (an old man referring to himself)
HSK 7-9
old horse sniffs the wind (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations
God / Heavens
female brothel keeper
old soldier; veteran / veteran (sb who has a lot of experience in some domain)
(coll.) eunuch / see also 老公
rat; mouse (CL:隻|只)
lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran
tiger / CL: 隻|只
glutton
old fellow / old man / father / husband
(coll.) old hand; veteran
outmoded / old-fashioned
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)
experienced person / an old hand at sth
aging (population)
Robam (brand)
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
oldie (song)
father; dad
Lao She (1899-1966), Chinese novelist and dramatist
Lao Cai, Vietnam / Laokai or Laukkai, Burma (Myanmar)
tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse)
older generation
old-fashioned / old type / outdated
decrepit and behind the times; old; useless / (humble) I; me (used by the elderly)
mother; mom
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
(dialect) father / old man / sir
(coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person) / layman / amateur
(of an elderly couple) husband or wife
old friend / sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)
(respectful) lord / master / (coll.) maternal grandfather
(coll.) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey
old, well-known brand / old style; old school / an old hand; experienced veteran
second-eldest child in a family / (euphemism) penis
old woman (at times contemptuous)
hackneyed / well-worn (phrase etc) / same old story / stereotypical fashion
old age / aging / aged / geriatric / the aged
wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom) / the simple and good life
the old and the young / the youngest member of the family
callus (patch or hardened skin) / corns (on feet) / also 老趼
old-fashioned; old-school
seasoned; experienced
sir (respectful form of address for an old man)
an old saying
(idiom) doddering; senile
old town / old district of a city
my (your etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male
old road / familiar way / beaten track / conventional behavior
uncle (polite form of address for older male)
mature / experienced / sophisticated
where in the order of seniority among siblings? / (sometimes used in rhetorical questions to express disparagement)
Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism
self-respect of old person / face / thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism) / brazen
old lady
elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy
old fox; slick customer
I (spoken by an old man)
an old observation (idiom) / a truism / banal comments
capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk
old-fashioned; unstylish
youngest
old man
classic car
father / old man / venerable sir
old woman (formal writing)
older female servant; amah
aged; senile
presbyopia
old and frail / decrepit / doddering / decrepitude / infirmities of old age
old woman role in Chinese opera
Laobian district of Yingkou City 營口市|营口市, Liaoning
lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom) / fig. everyone detests a lowlife

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