lit. the old horse loves his stable; fig. sb old but reluctant to relinquish their post (idiom)
trad. 老馬戀棧
Also written 老馬戀棧【lǎo mǎ liàn zhàn】
Characters in this word
4老
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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old (of people), venerable (person), experienced, of long standing, always, all the time, of the past, very, outdated, (of meat etc) tough
- Pinyin
- lǎo
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 511 of 2500
马
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surname Ma, abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
- Pinyin
- Mǎ
- Traditional
- 馬
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 1030 of 2500
恋
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to feel attached to, to long for, to love
- Pinyin
- liàn
- Traditional
- 戀
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 28648 of 2500
栈
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a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle, wood or bamboo trestlework, a warehouse, (computing) stack
- Pinyin
- zhàn
- Traditional
- 棧
- Strokes
- 9