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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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough | HSK 1 |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; proprietor | HSK 3 |
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| | elderly / old age / autumn of one's years | HSK 2 |
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| | (slang) Chinese people; we Chinese (often self-referential, ironic); China; the Chinese side | |
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| | (coll.) one's past history (esp. embarrassing or private details) | |
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| | savings a man puts aside for married life | |
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| | elderly woman / I; me (used by elderly women) | |
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| | (coll.) person from Guangdong province (esp. Cantonese) | |
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| | antique; old relic / (fig.) old-fashioned person or thing; old fogey | |
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| | romantic relationship with a significant age gap | |
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| | to have a child late in life (esp. said of a father) | |
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| | long-married couple | |
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| | (fig.) lair; den; stronghold (esp. of criminals or hostile forces) | |
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| | form of address for a (slightly) older man (esp. among males) | |
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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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| | honestly speaking; to be frank, ... | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (dialect) younger sister; familiar form of address for a younger woman | |
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| | old money; (attributive) characterized by understated luxury and elite taste | |
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| | longtime partner; longstanding collaborator | |
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| | (coll.) male cousin through a female relative / (coll.) friendly form of address between men of similar age / (coll.) nickname for a person from Jiangxi | |
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| | "wife cake" – a thin, flaky Cantonese pastry filled with sweetened winter melon (or other mild sweet fillings) | |
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| | liver spot; age spot | |
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| | (of a person, population or material) to age / (of knowledge) to become outdated | HSK 7-9 |
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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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| | vise / pincer pliers | |
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| | nest; den (for animals) / (fig.) lair; hideout (for criminals) | |
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| | (coll.) a Mexican | |
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| | sourdough starter | |
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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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| | (coll.) mother; mom / (literary) elderly mother | |
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| | (slang) very close friend; bro | |
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| | (neologism, attested by 2025) oneself, treated as an old friend | |
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| | (derog.) old-fashioned and stubborn person; stick in the mud | |
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| | (slang) effeminate man | |
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| | experienced and careful | |
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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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| | every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans | |
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| | (literary) elderly Buddhist monk / (humble) I (used by elderly Buddhist monks) | |
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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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| | polite term for old woman or man | HSK 7-9 |
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| | God / Heavens | |
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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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| | to get old | |
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| | father; dad | |
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| | aging (population) | |
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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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| | God / Heavens | |
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| | older husband and much younger wife | |
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| | where in the order of seniority among siblings? / (sometimes used in rhetorical questions to express disparagement) | |
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| | second-eldest child in a family / (euphemism) penis | |
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| | hackneyed / well-worn (phrase etc) / same old story / stereotypical fashion | |
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| | presbyopia | |
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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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| | (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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| | old-fashioned / old type / outdated | |
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| | (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man | |
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| | the old and the young | |
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| | mature / experienced / sophisticated | |
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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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| | penny-pincher; miser | |
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| | callus; corns (on the feet) | |
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| | weary old body (colloquial term, used jocularly or irreverently) | |
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| | my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife | |
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| | older female servant; amah | |
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| | custom; customary practice | |
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| | old fellow / old man / father / husband | |
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| | suitable for young and old | |
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| | 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. | |
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| | (fig.) old fox; a wily, shrewd person | |
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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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| | to honor old people as we do our own aged parents, and care for other's children as one's own | |
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| | (coll.) docile / well-behaved / biddable | |
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| | old people; the elderly | |
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