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- - outdated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
,
yīnwèi因为
tā他
zài在
gōngsī公司
yǒu有
hěndà很大
de的
gòngxiàn贡献
。
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
。
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
。
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
、
gé格
lǎo老
xiù秀
sī斯
de的
bùmóuérhé不谋而合
。
The reasoning of Caligula agrees with that of Hobbes and Grotius.