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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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough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
ancient / old / age-old
HSK 5
to provide for the elderly (family members) / to enjoy a life in retirement
HSK 6
senior figure / elder / doyen
HSK 7-9
to age / to deteriorate with age / old and weak
HSK 7-9
to respect the elderly
elder / term of respect for a Buddhist monk
(to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part
matchmaker / go-between / same as 月下老人
aged
to grow old / to age / aging
(old) a senior in one's household
middle-aged but still attractive woman / lady of a certain age
(idiom) to live forever and never grow old
(to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part
(idiom) to flaunt one's seniority; to rely on one's age or length of experience to control or belittle others
pharaoh (loanword)
to spend one's last years
treasure knife does not age (idiom); old but still vigorous
"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, abbr. for 八大元老
to admit to one's advancing years / to acquiesce to old age
lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom) / fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever / the old man still has it
(idiom) until the end of time
elders
maternal grandmother / same as 姥姥
old / aged / (of calligraphy or painting) vigorous / forceful
mother and father / parents
(idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽, who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
solitary old man or woman / regular patron (at brothels)
(literary) person aged over fifty / elderly person
old fogy; adherent of previous dynasty
to grow old together
respect the aged
approaching old age
(coll.) to live with and depend on one's parents even upon reaching adulthood
variant of 赤佬
variant of 闊佬|阔佬
old and decrepit / senile
"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, namely 鄧小平|邓小平, 陳雲|陈云, 李先念, 彭真, 楊尚昆|杨尚昆, 薄一波, 王震, and 宋任窮|宋任穷 / abbr. to 八老
One is never too old to learn. (idiom)
to honor old people as we do our own aged parents
Zhuangzi and Laozi, the Daoist masters
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
to look old
(of parents) to bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age


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