venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera)
1.father2.old man3.venerable sir
1.mother and father2.parents
erhua variant of 老伴[lǎo bàn]
middle-aged and elderly people
tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse)
1.to grow old2.to age3.aging
1.title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father2.nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[cí xǐ tài hòu]
1.lit. old account2.old debt3.fig. old scores to settle4.old quarrels+1 条+2 条 1.old age2.aging3.aged4.geriatric+1 条+2 条 1.uneducated person2.yokel3.boor4.roughneck+1 条 1.old lady2.Madam (polite address)
(idiom) to flaunt one's seniority; to rely on one's age or length of experience to control or belittle others
1.hot spell during autumn2.Indian summer
lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations
1.shrewd and ruthless2.efficient and unscrupulous
1.coxswain2.steersman3.boatswain (bo'sun)
1.accomplished though young2.lacking youthful vigor
1.an old horse knows the way (idiom); an experienced worker knows what to do2.an old hand knows the ropes
swindler; cheat (in gambling)
1.to admit to one's advancing years2.to acquiesce to old age
to spend one's last years
sir (respectful form of address for an old man)
(slang) Chinese people; we Chinese (often self-referential, ironic); China; the Chinese side
custom; customary practice
1.father2.husband3.old man
Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism
1.advanced years2.old age
1.hackneyed2.well-worn (phrase etc)3.same old story4.stereotypical fashion+1 条 (dialect) younger sister; familiar form of address for a younger woman
1.peddler2.old or regular customer
1.where in the order of seniority among siblings?2.(sometimes used in rhetorical questions to express disparagement)
1.old fart (usually in self-reference)2.geezer
old woman role in Chinese opera