无颜见江东父老 無顏見江東父老 wú yán jiàn jiāng dōng fù lǎo (idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 项羽[xiàng yǔ], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
老板 lǎo bǎn HSK 3 前 2000 名 最常用的 2,000 个词之一 variant of 老板[lǎo bǎn]
老家伙 老傢伙 lǎo jiā huo 前 5000 名 最常用的 5,000 个词之一 variant of 老家伙[lǎo jiā huo]
see 天荒地老[tiān huāng dì lǎo]
variant of 倚老卖老[yǐ lǎo mài lǎo]
see 白头偕老[bái tóu xié lǎo]
variant of 老奸巨猾[lǎo jiān jù huá]
see 恼羞成怒[nǎo xiū chéng nù]
"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, abbr. for 八大元老[bā dà yuán lǎo]
(coll.) to live with and depend on one's parents even upon reaching adulthood
1. old lady2. (old woman's self-reference) I, me
(coll.) person from Guangdong province (esp. Cantonese)
(derog.) older man (esp. one seen as out of touch)
1. to wait patiently2. heron
1. dim sight of the aged2. doddering3. senile
another name for Laozi 老子[lǎo zǐ]
1. outmoded2. old-fashioned
(slang) old money; (attributive) characterized by understated luxury and elite taste
(slang) very close friend; bro
1. old thoroughbred2. fig. aged person with great aspirations
1. (literary) person aged over fifty2. elderly person
Zhuangzi and Laozi, the Daoist masters
(Buddhism) Yama, the King of Hell
1. old and decrepit2. senile
1. sweet and sour pork2. also written 咕噜肉[gū lū ròu]
(dialect) old people's home; nursing home
priority seating for the aged (on buses etc)
common name for cormorant
just who do (you) think (you) are? (or "just who does (she) think (she) is?" etc)
the three plain colors used for clothing in the PRC in the 1960s: black, gray and blue
(coll.) an old hand at sth
1. same place as before2. usual place3. stomping ground
"wife cake" – a thin, flaky Cantonese pastry filled with sweetened winter melon (or other mild sweet fillings)
erhua variant of 老客[lǎo kè]