古老
gǔ lǎo
Pinyin
Definition
古老
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- ancient
- old
- age-old
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 surname Gu
- 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 old (of people)
- 3 venerable (person)
- 4 experienced
- 5 of long standing
- 6 always
- 7 all the time
- 8 of the past
- 9 very
- 10 outdated
- 11 (of meat etc) tough
- 1 (coll.) husband
- 1 (coll.) wife
- 1 mother
- 2 mom
Idioms (20)
一失足成千古恨
- 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
- 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
- 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
- 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
- 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
上有老下有小
- 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
- 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
- 3 sandwich generation
不听老人言,吃亏在眼前
- 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
Sample Sentences
哈,那你就问对人了,我来帮你科普一下啊,田径呢是一种古老的比赛项目,其实在古希腊就有了。那后来因为体育项目的计分方式不一样,就分成了田和径两个大项。
Ha. You've asked the right person. Here's a bit of popular science for you. Field and track is an ancient sporting contest, actually it already existed in ancient Greece. Then later, because sporting events have different ways of scoring, so it was divided into two main sections, track and field.
不过它也有安静的一面。城市里有很多小花园、还有一些古老的寺庙。而且东京近郊的自然风光也很美,富士山就在那儿。闲暇的时候,或者压力大的时候去透透气,还是不错的。
But it does have its quiet side. There are a lot of little gardens in the city, and some ancient temples. And the natural scenery near Tokyo is really beautiful. Mt. Fuji is right there. On vacation, or when the pressure is just too high, you can go there and take a breather. That's pretty good.
你还是先去埃及吧!那儿才是最古老最神秘的地方!不瞒你说,我也很想去看看!
You should check out Egypt first! That's the only really ancient and mysterious place! To tell you the truth, I'd like to have a look myself!
这一伟大胜利,重新确立了中国在世界上的大国地位,使中国人民赢得了世界爱好和平人民的尊敬。这一伟大胜利,开辟了中华民族伟大复兴的光明前景,开启了古老中国凤凰涅槃浴火重生的新征程
This great victory has reaffirmed China’s status as a major nation in the world order, winning Chinese people the respect of peace-loving people around the world. This great victory launched a bright future of renaissance for the Chinese people, and started the nirvana that is ancient China’s phoenix on its expedition through the flames to rebirth.
还以为殉情只是古老的传言。
We still think that dying for love is only in ancient legends
我在邮票上看到一种很古老的房子,说是安徽徽州一带的民居,造型很独特也很神秘,现在还保存着。
I saw an ancient looking house on a postage stamp. It said it was an old residence from Anhui's city of Huizhou. The design was very unique and mysterious and is still preserved to this day.
他们还保留着一些古老的传统。
They're still preserving some ancient traditions.
看来大家是有备而来啊。我再给大家简单地介绍一下。评弹是一种古老的说唱艺术。起源于美丽的苏州,是用最柔软的苏州话来唱的。有说有唱,还有弹。
It seems as though everyone came prepared. Let me give you all another simple introduction. 'Pingtan' is one kind of the ancient art of speaking and singing style story telling. It originated in our beautiful Suzhou and is sung in the softest of dialects, the Suzhou dialect. There's speaking and singing, and also stringed instruments.
太棒了!又古老又现代,是我去过的最好的城市。
It's so great! It's both ancient and modern. It's the best city I've ever been to.
你怎么能这么说?死刑多么残酷!这种古老的刑罚,一点也不适合现在 的社会,早该被废除了。其实大多数发达国家都在某种程度上废除了死刑,中国也该这样。
How can you say such a thing? The death penalty is so brutal. This kind of archaic punishment doesn't fit in at all with the society today. It should have been abolished a long time ago. Actually, the vast majority of developed countries have to some extent abolished capital punishment--China should too.