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Definition
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old (of people)
他妻子看着比他老。His wife looks older than him.
- aged person
- phonetic and meaning component (aged person)
- radical (Kang Xi 125)
老 is often used to show respect to an older person.
Compounds (10)
Related words (262)
old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang
my old mother; I, this old woman; my old lady (colloquial); maternal grandmother; midwife
father; daddy; "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt); I (used arrogantly or jocularly)
(lit.) old general; commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess; (fig.) old-timer; veteran
(affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy; old pal
capital; assets; savings; nest egg; (fig.) reputation; laurels (to rest upon); old edition of a book; (tree) trunk
venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera)
the three plain colors used for clothing in the PRC in the 1960s: black, gray and blue
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)
(coll.) father's father's mother; paternal great-grandmother; respectful form of address for an old woman
folk; man on the street; regular people; ordinary people; common people; person in the street; civilians
(lit.) last year's calendar (almanac); (fig.) ancient history; obsolete practice; old-fashioned principle
"Tiger Vegetable Salad," Northeast China dish usually consisting of hot pepper, cucumber, cilantro and leek
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.
(coll.) to live with and depend on one's parents (even upon reaching adulthood); to live off one's parents
(coll.) adults still living with and depending on their parents; NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training)
to go back to one's roots; to return to one's native place; by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die)
stinking intellectual (contemptuous term for educated people during the Cultural Revolution)
(of parents) to bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age
(lit.) to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die; (fig.) the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality)
men, women, young and old; all kinds of people; people of all ages; each and everyone
sb or sth detested by all; target of scorn; anathema; cf. 老鼠過街，人人喊打|老鼠过街，人人喊打[lao3 shu3 guo4 jie1 , ren2 ren2 han3 da3]
Idioms (35)
(lit.) an old ox licking its calf (idiom); (fig.) (of parents) to dote on one's children
(lit.) an old oyster producing a pearl (idiom); (fig.) birthing a son at an advanced age
(lit.) the old horse loves his stable; (fig.) sb old but reluctant to relinquish their post (idiom)
an old horse knows the way (idiom); an experienced worker knows what to do; an old hand knows the ropes
(lit.) an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations
(lit.) an old cow eats young grass (idiom); (fig.) a May-December relationship; a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman
(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
to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom); to honor the great and the good
the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence; crocodile tears
(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
(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
(lit.) an old horse knows the way home (idiom); fig. in difficulty, trust an experience colleague
to live forever and never grow old (idiom); immortality; to be alive for evermore
(lit.) above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom); (fig.) to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children; sandwich generation
(lit.) old ginger is hotter than young ginger; experience counts (idiom)
(lit.) a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom); (fig.) one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
(lit.) a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom); (fig.) one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
see 一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥; (lit.) a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom); (fig.) one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
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