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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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough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
old friend / (slang) period / menstruation
HSK 2
always
HSK 2
elderly / old age / autumn of one's years
HSK 2
boss / business proprietor / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
elderly lady (respectful) / esteemed mother / CL:
HSK 3
HSK 3
ordinary people / the "person in the street" / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
variant of 老闆|老板
HSK 3
(coll.) wife
HSK 4
(coll.) husband
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
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
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(of a person, population or material) to age / (of knowledge) to become outdated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 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)
a long time ago
God / Heavens
old and frail / decrepit / doddering / decrepitude / infirmities of old age
one who tries never to offend anybody
rat; mouse (CL:隻|只)
every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
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)
sir (respectful form of address for an old man)
old man
my (your etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male
lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom) / fig. everyone detests a lowlife
old, well-known brand / old style; old school / an old hand; experienced veteran
(dialect) father / old man / sir
oldie (song)
experienced person / an old hand at sth
swindler; cheat (in gambling)
(coll.) eunuch / see also 老公
old age / aging / aged / geriatric / the aged
wine, esp. Shaoxing wine
nursing home / old people's home
capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk
rigorous schemes and deep foresight (idiom); astute and circumspect
mother; mom
presbyopia
youngest
Lao Cai, Vietnam / Laokai or Laukkai, Burma (Myanmar)
tiger / CL: 隻|只
(coll.) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey
the older generation / ancestors
elderly gentleman (respectful) / esteemed father
previous generation / older generation
old people; the elderly
(respectful) lord / master / (coll.) maternal grandfather
big brother
old fellow / old man / father / husband
overly conservative / old-fashioned / old fogey / a square
suitable for young and old
female proprietor / lady boss / boss's wife
(coll.) a long time
classic car
old fox / fig. cunning person
(coll.) father-in-law (wife's father)
father; dad
Laozi and Zhuangzi (or Lao-tze and Chuang-tze), the founders of Daoism
peddler / old or regular customer
old fox; slick customer
old man; elderly man
callus (patch or hardened skin) / corns (on feet) / also 老趼
old person who dresses up as teenager / mutton dressed as lamb
old but vigorous (idiom); hale and hearty despite the years
old married couple
The Travels of Lao Tsan, novel by late Qing novelist Liu E 劉鶚|刘鹗
Laohekou, county-level city in Xiangfan 襄樊, Hubei
I (spoken by an old man)
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
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
an old saying
old lady
self-respect of old person / face / thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism) / brazen
lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran
chronic illness / old weakness / chronic problem
God / Heavens
old woman role in Chinese opera
a much-travelled person, well acquainted with the ways of the world
(coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person) / layman / amateur
an old horse knows the way (idiom); an experienced worker knows what to do / an old hand knows the ropes
a crow
aged; senile
to get old
old man / husband's father / father-in-law / court eunuch
(coll.) wily old fox / crafty fellow
Laocheng district of Luoyang City 洛陽市|洛阳市, Henan
old city district / historical center

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