老 [lao3]

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汉字：老／拼音：lao3

老

lǎo	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old (of people)/ venerable (person)/ experienced/ of long standing/ always/ all the time/ of the past/ very/ outdated/ (of meat etc) tough

（老）的使用实例：

简体	繁体	拼音	英文
Tony老师	Tony老師	t o n y lao3 shi1	(slang) hairdresser
一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥	一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥	yi1 li4 lao3 shu3 shi3 huai4 le5 yi1 guo1 zhou1	lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)/ fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤	一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋湯	yi1 ke1 lao3 shu3 shi3 huai4 le5 yi1 guo1 tang1	lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)/ fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥	一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥	yi1 ke1 lao3 shu3 shi3 huai4 le5 yi1 guo1 zhou1	see 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥\|一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥[yi1 li4 lao3 shu3 shi3 huai4 le5 yi1 guo1 zhou1]
七旬老人	七旬老人	qi1 xun2 lao3 ren2	septuagenarian
七老八十	七老八十	qi1 lao3 ba1 shi2	in one's seventies (age)/ very old (of people)
上有老下有小	上有老下有小	shang4 you3 lao3 xia4 you3 xiao3	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
不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫	不管白貓黑貓，捉住老鼠就是好貓	bu4 guan3 bai2 mao1 hei1 mao1 , zhuo1 zhu4 lao3 shu3 jiu4 shi4 hao3 mao1	it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平\|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前	不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前	bu4 ting1 lao3 ren2 yan2 , chi1 kui1 zai4 yan3 qian2	(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
中老年	中老年	zhong1 lao3 nian2	middle and old age
中老年人	中老年人	zhong1 lao3 nian2 ren2	middle-aged and elderly people
九旬老人	九旬老人	jiu3 xun2 lao3 ren2	nonagenarian
二老	二老	er4 lao3	mother and father/ parents
人老珠黄	人老珠黃	ren2 lao3 zhu1 huang2	(of a woman) old and faded
以老大自居	以老大自居	yi3 lao3 da4 zi4 ju1	regarding oneself as number one in terms of leadership, seniority or status
偕老	偕老	xie2 lao3	to grow old together
元老	元老	yuan2 lao3	senior figure/ elder/ doyen
元老院	元老院	yuan2 lao3 yuan4	upper house/ senate/ senior statesmen's assembly
兜老底兜鍪	兜老底兜鍪	dou1 lao3 di3 dou1 mou2	helmet (archaic)
八大元老	八大元老	Ba1 Da4 Yuan2 lao3	"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]
八老	八老	Ba1 lao3	"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, abbr. for 八大元老[Ba1 Da4 Yuan2 lao3]
出老千	出老千	chu1 lao3 qian1	to cheat (in gambling)
半老徐娘	半老徐娘	ban4 lao3 Xu2 niang2	middle-aged but still attractive woman/ lady of a certain age
古老	古老	gu3 lao3	ancient/ old/ age-old
古老肉	古老肉	gu3 lao3 rou4	sweet and sour pork/ also written 咕嚕肉\|咕噜肉[gu1 lu1 rou4]
吃角子老虎	吃角子老虎	chi1 jiao3 zi5 lao3 hu5	slot machine
哥老会	哥老會	Ge1 lao3 hui4	late-Qing underground resistance movement against the Qing dynasty
唐老鸭	唐老鴨	Tang2 Lao3 ya1	Donald Duck
啃老	啃老	ken3 lao3	(coll.) to live with and depend on one's parents even upon reaching adulthood
啃老族	啃老族	ken3 lao3 zu2	(coll.) adults still living with and depending on their parents

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