老
Pictographic: A person bent over with long hair 匕 and a crutch; compare 耂Radical: 老
meaning for 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- - outdated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
- - unicode compatibility variant of 老 teacher
- - Classifiers: 个 old man or woman
- - the elderly
- - one's aged parents or grandparentsRobam (brand)boss
- - business proprietor
- - Classifiers: 个 ordinary people
- - the "person in the street"
- - Classifiers: 个
tā他
hěn很
shěbùde舍不得
ràng让
gōngsī公司
de的
nàge那个
lǎo老
yuángōng员工
líkāi离开
ㅤ,
yīnwèi因为
tā他
zài在
gōngsī公司
yǒu有
hěndà很大
de的
gòngxiàn贡献
ㅤ。
He was very loath to let the old employee leave the company as he made a great contribution.
lǎo老
yīshēng医生
yìyǎn一眼
jiù就
zhěnduàn诊断
chū出
le了
tā他
de的
bìngqíng病情
ㅤ。
The experienced doctor diagnosed his illness at a glance.
tā他
yīn因
zīgé资格
lǎo老
ér而
dāngxuǎn当选
zhǔxí主席
ㅤ。
He was elected chairman by virtue of his seniority.
kǎlìgǔlā卡利古拉
de的
tuīlùn推论
hé和
huòbùsī霍布斯
ㅤ、
gé格
lǎo老
xiù秀
sī斯
de的
bùmóuérhé不谋而合
ㅤ。
The reasoning of Caligula agrees with that of Hobbes and Grotius.