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old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough
46 results for *老
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古老gǔ lǎo
Commonancient; old; age-old
长老zhǎng lǎo
elder; term of respect for a Buddhist monk
变老biàn lǎo
to grow old; to age; aging
法老fǎ lǎo
pharaoh (loanword)
衰老shuāi lǎo
to age; to deteriorate with age; old and weak
年老nián lǎo
aged
长生不老cháng shēng bù lǎo
(idiom) to live forever and never grow old
元老yuán lǎo
senior figure; doyen; founding member; veteran
终老zhōng lǎo
to spend one's last years
养老yǎng lǎo
to provide for the elderly (family members); to enjoy a life in retirement
白头偕老bái tóu xié lǎo
(idiom) (of a married couple) to live together until old age; to remain lifelong companions
二老èr lǎo
mother and father; parents
偕老xié lǎo
to grow old together
八老Bā lǎo
"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, abbr. for 八大元老[Ba1 Da4 Yuan2 lao3]
啃老kěn lǎo
(coll.) to live with and depend on one's parents even upon reaching adulthood
垂老chuí lǎo
approaching old age
孤老gū lǎo
solitary old man or woman; regular patron (at brothels)
家老jiā lǎo
(old) a senior in one's household
尊老zūn lǎo
respect the aged
庄老Zhuāng Lǎo
Zhuangzi and Laozi, the Daoist masters
敬老jìng lǎo
to respect the elderly
显老xiǎn lǎo
to look old
月老yuè lǎo
(Chinese folk religion) the god of matchmaking; (fig.) matchmaker
服老fú lǎo
to admit to one's advancing years; to acquiesce to old age
父老fù lǎo
elders
老老lǎo lao
variant of 姥姥[lao3 lao5]
艾老ài lǎo
(literary) person aged over fifty; elderly person
苍老cāng lǎo
old; aged; (of calligraphy or painting) vigorous; forceful
赤老chì lǎo
variant of 赤佬[chi4 lao3]
遗老yí lǎo
elderly loyalist of a former dynasty; former official who remains loyal after a dynastic change
阎老Yán lǎo
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
阔老kuò lǎo
variant of 闊佬|阔佬[kuo4 lao3]
颓老tuí lǎo
old and decrepit; senile
八大元老Bā Dà Yuán lǎo
"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, namely 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2], 陳雲|陈云[Chen2 Yun2], 李先念[Li3 Xian1 nian4], 彭真[Peng2 Zhen1], 楊尚昆|杨尚昆[Yang2 Shang4 kun1], 薄一波[Bo2 Yi1 bo1], 王震[Wang2 Zhen4], and 宋任窮|宋任穷[Song4 Ren4 qiong2]; abbr. to 八老[Ba1 lao3]
以老卖老yǐ lǎo mài lǎo
variant of 倚老賣老|倚老卖老[yi3 lao3 mai4 lao3]
倚老卖老yǐ lǎo mài lǎo
(idiom) to flaunt one's seniority; to rely on one's age or length of experience to control or belittle others
养儿防老yǎng ér fáng lǎo
(of parents) to bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age
天荒地老tiān huāng dì lǎo
(idiom) until the end of time
宝刀不老bǎo dāo bù lǎo
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
宝刀未老bǎo dāo wèi lǎo
treasure knife does not age (idiom); old but still vigorous
徐娘半老Xú niáng bàn lǎo
middle-aged but still attractive woman; lady of a certain age
白头到老bái tóu dào lǎo
see 白頭偕老|白头偕老[bai2 tou2 xie2 lao3]
无颜见江东父老wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo
(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[Xiang4 Yu3], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
活到老，学到老huó dào lǎo , xué dào lǎo
One is never too old to learn. (idiom)
老吾老，以及人之老lǎo wú lǎo , yǐ jí rén zhī lǎo
to honor old people as we do our own aged parents