老粗
lǎo cū
Pinyin

Definition

老粗
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lǎo cū
  1. uneducated person
  2. yokel
  3. boor
  4. roughneck

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

lǎo
  1. 1 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
  2. 2 old (of people)
  3. 3 venerable (person)
  4. 4 experienced
  5. 5 of long standing
  6. 6 always
  7. 7 all the time
  8. 8 of the past
  9. 9 very
  10. 10 outdated
  11. 11 (of meat etc) tough
lǎo gōng
  1. 1 (coll.) husband
lǎo pó
  1. 1 (coll.) wife
lǎo mā
  1. 1 mother
  2. 2 mom
lǎo jiā
  1. 1 native place
  2. 2 place of origin
  3. 3 home state or region
lǎo shī
  1. 1 teacher
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
lǎo bǎn
  1. 1 variant of 老闆|老板[lǎo bǎn]
lǎo bà
  1. 1 father
  2. 2 dad
xié lǎo
  1. 1 to grow old together
gǔ lǎo
  1. 1 ancient
  2. 2 old
  3. 3 age-old
huí lǎo jiā
  1. 1 to go back to one's roots
  2. 2 to return to one's native place
  3. 3 by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die)
tiān huāng dì lǎo
  1. 1 until the end of time (idiom)
nián lǎo
  1. 1 aged
bái tóu xié lǎo
  1. 1 (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss
  2. 2 until death do us part
  1. 1 coarse
  2. 2 rough
  3. 3 thick (for cylindrical objects)
  4. 4 unfinished
  5. 5 vulgar
  6. 6 rude
  7. 7 crude
cū xīn
  1. 1 careless
  2. 2 thoughtless
cū cāo
  1. 1 crude
  2. 2 gruff
  3. 3 rough
  4. 4 coarse
lǎo rén
  1. 1 old man or woman
  2. 2 the elderly
  3. 3 one's aged parents or grandparents
lǎo rén jiā
  1. 1 polite term for old woman or man
lǎo huà
  1. 1 to age (of person or object)
  2. 2 becoming old

Idioms (20)

一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不听老人言,吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
天荒地老
tiān huāng dì lǎo
  1. 1 until the end of time (idiom)
宝刀不老
bǎo dāo bù lǎo
  1. 1 lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever
  3. 3 the old man still has it
宝刀未老
bǎo dāo wèi lǎo
  1. 1 treasure knife does not age (idiom); old but still vigorous
年老力衰
nián lǎo lì shuāi
  1. 1 old and weak (idiom)
年老体弱
nián lǎo tǐ ruò
  1. 1 old and weak (idiom)
敬老尊贤
jìng lǎo zūn xián
  1. 1 to respect the wise and venerate the worthy (idiom); to honor the great and the good
活到老,学到老
huó dào lǎo , xué dào lǎo
  1. 1 One is never too old to learn. (idiom)
无颜见江东父老
wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
狗逮老鼠
gǒu dǎi lǎo shǔ
  1. 1 lit. a dog who catches mice (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be meddlesome
白头偕老
bái tóu xié lǎo
  1. 1 (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss
  2. 2 until death do us part
白头到老
bái tóu dào lǎo
  1. 1 (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom); to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss
  2. 2 until death do us part
粗枝大叶
cū zhī dà yè
  1. 1 thick stems and broad leaves (idiom)
  2. 2 boorish
  3. 3 rough and ready
  4. 4 sloppy
粗制滥造
cū zhì làn zào
  1. 1 to churn out large quantities without regard for quality (idiom); rough and slipshod work
粗鲁不文
cū lǔ bù wén
  1. 1 crude and ill-educated (idiom)
翻老皇历
fān lǎo huáng lì
  1. 1 to look to the past for guidance (idiom)
老大徒伤悲
lǎo dà tú shāng bēi
  1. 1 vain regrets of old age (idiom)

Sample Sentences

好是好,但是农村毕竟差。而且中国农民的文化素质还是普遍偏低,说不好听就是大老粗。外国农民可不一样。
hǎo shì hǎo ,dànshì nóngcūn bìjìng chà 。érqiě Zhōngguó nóngmín de wénhuà sùzhì hái shì pǔbiàn piān dī ,shuō bù hǎotīng jiùshì dàlǎocū 。wàiguó nóngmín kě bù yīyàng 。
That's all well and good, but the villages are still in pretty bad shape. And the cultural level of Chinese peasants is universally on the low side. Not to put too fine a point on it, they're rednecks. Foreign farmers are different.