古 老 gǔ lǎo ancient / old / age-old 苍 老 cāng lǎo old / aged / (of calligraphy or painting) vigorous / forceful 久 远 jiǔ yuǎn old / ancient / far away 年 迈 nián mài old / aged 陈 年 chén nián old / stored for many years 更 新 gēng xīn to replace the old with new / to renew / to renovate / to upgrade / to update / to regenerate 故 事 gù shì old practice / CL:個|个[ge4] 一 套 yī tào suit / a set / a collection / of the same kind / the same old stuff / set pattern of behavior 老 人 lǎo rén old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents 沈 阳 Shěn yáng Shenyang subprovincial city and capital of Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] in northeast China / old names include Fengtian 奉天[Feng4 tian1], Shengjing 盛京[Sheng4 jing1] and Mukden 老 大 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang 上 下 shàng xià up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about 老 头 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband 华 夏 Huá xià old name for China / Cathay 洛 阳 Luò yáng Luoyang prefecture-level city in Henan, an old capital from pre-Han times 多 大 duō dà how old? / how big? / how much? / so big / that much 老 人 家 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man 大 王 dài wang robber baron (in opera, old stories) / magnate 老 年 人 lǎo nián rén old people / the elderly 老 太 lǎo tài old lady 神 州 Shén zhōu old name for China 老 年 lǎo nián elderly / old age / autumn of one's years 老 者 lǎo zhě old man / elderly man 老 化 lǎo huà to age (of person or object) / becoming old 胡 乱 hú luàn careless / reckless / casually / absent-mindedly / at will / at random / any old how 正 宗 zhèng zōng orthodox school / fig. traditional / old school / authentic / genuine 开 封 Kāi fēng Kaifeng prefecture-level city in Henan, old capital of Northern Song, former provincial capital of Henan / old name Bianliang 汴梁[Bian4 liang2] 老 兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy 衰 老 shuāi lǎo to age / to deteriorate with age / old and weak 老 头 子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man 滑 稽 huá jī comical / funny / amusing / old pr. [gu3 ji1] / huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang 复 古 fù gǔ to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) 几 岁 jǐ suì how old are you? (familiar, or to a child) 老 弟 lǎo dì (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal 老 将 lǎo jiàng lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran 新 陈 代 谢 xīn chén dài xiè metabolism (biology) / the new replaces the old (idiom) 老 爹 lǎo diē (dialect) father / old man / sir 老 汉 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) 阿 尔 卡 特 A1 ěr kǎ tè Alcatel, old company name 老 牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran 老 爷 子 lǎo yé zi my (you etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male 老 少 lǎo shào the old and the young 老 家 伙 lǎo jiā huo (coll.) old fellow / old codger 岭 南 Lǐng nán south of the five ranges / old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi 老 友 lǎo yǒu old friend / sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty) 故 人 gù rén old friend / the deceased 老 太 婆 lǎo tài pó old woman (at times contemptuous) 老 式 lǎo shì old-fashioned / old type / outdated 破 案 pò àn to solve a case / shabby old table 满 月 mǎn yuè full moon / whole month / baby's one-month old birthday 旧 版 jiù bǎn old version 古 墓 gǔ mù old tomb (archaeology) 旧 址 jiù zhǐ former site / old location 古 诗 gǔ shī old verse / Classical Chinese poem 老 娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife 老 手 lǎo shǒu experienced person / an old hand at sth 仿 古 fǎng gǔ pseudo-classical / modeled on antique / in the old style 古 文 gǔ wén old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject 白 头 bái tóu hoary head / old age 旧 城 jiù chéng Old City 变 老 biàn lǎo to grow old / to age / aging 旧 事 jiù shì old affair / former matter 老 套 lǎo tào hackneyed / well-worn (phrase etc) / same old story / stereotypical fashion 死 守 sǐ shǒu to defend one's property to the death / to cling obstinately to old habits / die-hard 和 old variant of 和[he2] / harmonious 新 大 陆 xīn dà lù the New World / the Americas as opposed to the Old World 舊大陸|旧大陆[jiu4 da4 lu4] or Eurasia 中 老 年 zhōng lǎo nián middle and old age 老 妇 人 lǎo fù rén old lady 老 狐 狸 lǎo hú li old fox / fig. cunning person 老 儿 lǎo ér father / husband / old man 老 翁 lǎo wēng old man 沿 袭 yán xí to carry on as before / to follow (an old custom etc) 令 狐 Líng hú old place name (in modern Linyi county 臨猗縣|临猗县, Shanxi) / two-character surname Linghu 旧 书 jiù shū second-hand book / old book / ancient book 如 故 rú gù as before / as usual / (to be) like old friends 老 小 lǎo xiǎo the old and the young / the youngest member of the family 学 名 xué míng scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students 老 脸 lǎo liǎn self-respect of old person / face / thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism) / brazen 推 陈 出 新 tuī chén chū xīn to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom) / to innovate 建 业 Jiàn yè an old name for Nanjing, called Jiankang 建康 / or Jianye during the Eastern Jin (317-420) 老 奶 奶 lǎo nǎi nai (coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman 十 九 岁 shí jiǔ suì 19 years old 老 样 子 lǎo yàng zi old situation / things as they were 旧 情 jiù qíng old affection 古 书 gǔ shū ancient book / old book 离 休 lí xiū to retire / to leave work and rest (euphemism for compulsory retirement of old cadres) 古 色 古 香 gǔ sè gǔ xiāng interesting and appealing (of old locations, objects etc) 燕 京 Yān jīng Yanjing, an old name for Beijing / capital of Yan at different periods 周 庄 Zhōu zhuāng Zhouzhuang, old canal town between Shanghai and Suzhou, tourist attraction 老 父 lǎo fù father / old man / venerable sir 吐 蕃 Tǔ bō Tubo or Tufan, old name for Tibet / the Tibetan Tubo dynasty 7th-11th century AD / also pr. [Tu3 fan1] 老 路 lǎo lù old road / familiar way / beaten track / conventional behavior 大 钱 dà qián large sum of money / old Chinese type of coin of high denomination 古 风 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1] 旧 式 jiù shì old style 那 (archaic) many / beautiful / how / old variant of 挪[nuo2] 偕 老 xié lǎo to grow old together 老 不 死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard 余 热 yú rè residual heat / surplus heat / fig. old people's capacity for work 打 狗 Dǎ gǒu Takow, Takao or Takau, old name for Kaohsiung 高雄[Gao1 xiong2] in the southwest of Taiwan
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