| 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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough | ![]() |
| 老式 | lǎo shì | old-fashioned / old type / outdated | ![]() |
| 背时 | bèi shí | outdated / out of luck | ![]() |
| 老化 | lǎo huà | (of a person, population or material) to age / (of knowledge) to become outdated | ![]() |
| 退役 | tuì yì | (of military personnel or athletes) to retire / (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned | ![]() |
| 落伍 | luò wǔ | to fall behind the ranks / to be outdated | ![]() |
| 旧闻 | jiù wén | outdated news / old anecdote / stories passed on from former times | ![]() |
| 明日黄花 | míng rì huáng huā | lit. chrysanthemums after the Double Ninth Festival (idiom) / fig. outdated / thing of the past / dead letter | ![]() |
| 钻故纸堆 | zuān gù zhǐ duī | to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom) / to study old books and papers | ![]() |
