| 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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough | ![]() |
| 经验丰富 | jīng yàn fēng fù | experienced / with ample experience | ![]() |
| 历练 | lì liàn | to learn through experience / experience / practiced / experienced | ![]() |
| 老练 | lǎo liàn | seasoned / experienced | ![]() |
| 内行 | nèi háng | expert / adept / experienced / an expert / a professional | ![]() |
| 老成 | lǎo chéng | mature / experienced / sophisticated | ![]() |
| 练达 | liàn dá | experienced / sophisticated / worldly-wise | ![]() |
| 熟 | shú | ripe / mature / thoroughly cooked / done / familiar / acquainted / experienced / skilled / (of sleep etc) deep / profound / also pr. [shou2] | ![]() |
| 有经验 | yǒu jīng yàn | experienced | ![]() |
| 资深 | zī shēn | veteran (journalist etc) / senior / highly experienced | ![]() |
| 老牌 | lǎo pái | old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran | ![]() |
| 老手 | lǎo shǒu | experienced person / an old hand at sth | ![]() |
| 韭菜 | jiǔ cài | garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives / (fig.) retail investors who lose their money to more experienced operators (i.e. they are "harvested" like garlic chives) | ![]() |
| 历尽 | lì jìn | to have experienced a lot of / to have been through | ![]() |
| 干练 | gàn liàn | capable and experienced | ![]() |
| 后进 | hòu jìn | less advanced / underdeveloped / lagging behind / the younger generation / the less experienced ones | ![]() |
| 过来人 | guò lái rén | an experienced person / sb who has "been around (the block)" / sb who has personally experienced it | ![]() |
| 见多识广 | jiàn duō shí guǎng | experienced and knowledgeable (idiom) | ![]() |
| 老到 | lǎo dao | experienced and careful | ![]() |
| 曾经沧海 | céng jīng cāng hǎi | lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom) / fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life | ![]() |
| 熟手 | shú shǒu | skilled person / an experienced hand | ![]() |
| 压痛 | yā tòng | (medicine) tenderness / pain experienced when touched or palpated | ![]() |
| 饱经风霜 | bǎo jīng fēng shuāng | weather-beaten / having experienced the hardships of life | ![]() |
| 老于世故 | lǎo yú shì gù | experienced in the ways of the world (idiom) / worldly-wise / sophisticated | ![]() |
| 老马识途 | lǎo mǎ shí tú | an old horse knows the way (idiom) / an experienced worker knows what to do / an old hand knows the ropes | ![]() |
| 身经百战 | shēn jīng bǎi zhàn | lit. veteran of a hundred battles (idiom) / fig. experienced / seasoned | ![]() |
| 博物多闻 | bó wù duō wén | wide and knowledgeable / well-informed and experienced | ![]() |
| 博闻多识 | bó wén duō shí | learned and erudite / knowledgeable and experienced | ![]() |
| 精神满腹 | jīng shén mǎn fù | full of wisdom (idiom) / astute and widely experienced | ![]() |
| 老成持重 | lǎo chéng chí zhòng | old and wise / experienced and knowledgeable | ![]() |
| 宿儒 | sù rú | experienced scholar / old expert in the field | ![]() |
| 饱经忧患 | bǎo jīng yōu huàn | having experienced much suffering | ![]() |
| 曾接受过治疗的患者 | experienced patient | ![]() | |
| 北京咳 | Běi jīng ké | "Beijing cough", respiratory problems caused by dry and polluted Beijing air, typically experienced by non-acclimated foreigners who would otherwise have no such problems | ![]() |
| 老腊肉 | lǎo là ròu | (coll.) experienced and usually well-positioned middle-aged man | ![]() |
