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HSK
old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents
HSK 1
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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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough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
elderly / old age / autumn of one's years
HSK 2
old friend / (slang) period / menstruation
HSK 2
always
HSK 2
boss / business proprietor / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
elderly lady (respectful) / esteemed mother / CL:
HSK 3
HSK 3
variant of 老闆|老板
HSK 3
ordinary people / the "person in the street" / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
(coll.) husband
HSK 4
(coll.) wife
HSK 4
native place / place of origin / home state or region
HSK 4
honest; sincere / well-behaved / naive; gullible
HSK 4
fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown
HSK 6
(of a person, population or material) to age / (of knowledge) to become outdated
HSK 7-9
polite term for old woman or man
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
old man / I (an old man referring to himself)
HSK 7-9
very far away
HSK 7-9
erhua variant of 老伴
HSK 7-9
honestly speaking; to be frank, ...
HSK 7-9
shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation
HSK 7-9
Robam (brand)
every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
custom; customary practice
(derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard
senile dementia / Alzheimer's disease
the older generation / ancestors
(coll.) eunuch / see also 老公
seasoned; experienced
(respectful) lord / master / (coll.) maternal grandfather
father; dad
aging (population)
rat; mouse (CL:隻|只)
(coll.) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey
old man
oldie (song)
mother; mom
presbyopia
(dialect) father / old man / sir
my (your etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male
peddler / old or regular customer
old man; elderly man
old-fashioned / old type / outdated
tiger / CL: 隻|只
old people; the elderly
The Travels of Lao Tsan, novel by late Qing novelist Liu E 劉鶚|刘鹗
Laos
senile dementia / Alzheimer's disease
(coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman
my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife
(coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man
to get old
old friend / sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)
Laozi and Zhuangzi (or Lao-tze and Chuang-tze), the founders of Daoism
chronic illness / old weakness / chronic problem
female proprietor / lady boss / boss's wife
old, well-known brand / old style; old school / an old hand; experienced veteran
erhua variant of 老客
old lady
(coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person) / layman / amateur
old man / husband's father / father-in-law / court eunuch
maternal grandmother / same as 姥姥
(dialect) crow; raven
old fox / fig. cunning person
lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran
decrepit and behind the times; old; useless / (humble) I; me (used by the elderly)
older generation
God / Heavens
an old saying
(coll.) wily old fox / crafty fellow
self-respect of old person / face / thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism) / brazen
same place as before / usual place / stomping ground
classic car
nursing home / old people's home
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
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
experienced in the ways of the world (idiom); worldly-wise / sophisticated
old age / aging / aged / geriatric / the aged
(coll.) father-in-law (wife's father)
old lady
elderly gentleman (respectful) / esteemed father
old fox; slick customer
old married couple
big brother
Laocheng district of Luoyang City 洛陽市|洛阳市, Henan
old city district / historical center
(Tw) calm; unperturbed (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [lāu-sîn-tsāi-tsāi])
(affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal
vise / pincer pliers
(coll.) a long time
rigorous schemes and deep foresight (idiom); astute and circumspect
(coll.) docile / well-behaved / biddable
experienced person / an old hand at sth
old fart (usually in self-reference) / geezer
to die of old age
(derog.) old fool / old bastard
aged; senile

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