老伴
lǎo bàn
Pinyin

Definition

老伴
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lǎo bàn
  1. (of an elderly couple) husband or wife

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

老
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  10. 10 outdated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
老公
lǎo gōng
  1. 1 (coll.) husband
老婆
lǎo pó
  1. 1 (coll.) wife
老妈
lǎo mā
  1. 1 mother
  2. 2 mom
老师
lǎo shī
  1. 1 teacher
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 classifier: 位 wèi

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
伴君如伴虎
bàn jūn rú bàn hǔ
  1. 1 being close to the sovereign can be as perilous as lying with a tiger (idiom)

Sample Sentences

老伴儿
lǎobànr
Dear.
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呵呵，你说的那些啊我都没兴趣，想学也没那个心思啊。我老伴儿一直说我脾气倔，老是抱怨这抱怨那。嘿，一下子不工作了，还真不适应。
hēhē ，nǐ shuō de nàxiē a wǒ dōu méi xìngqù ，xiǎng xué yě méi nàge xīnsi a 。wǒ lǎobànr yīzhí shuō wǒ píqì juè ，lǎoshi bàoyuàn zhè bàoyuàn nà 。hēi ，yīxiàzi bù gōngzuò le ，hái zhēn bù shìyìng 。
Heh-heh. I'm not interested in that stuff so I can't really get into it. My wife is always saying I'm stubborn - complaining about this and that. All of a sudden not working just like that - I'm really not used to it yet.
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在北方，会叫，老伴儿。
zài běifāng ，huì jiào ，lǎobànr 。
In the North, people will say, 'old partner'.
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对，带老伴儿走了一圈。真不错！你们有机会，也要出去走走。
duì ，dài lǎobànr zǒu le yī quān 。zhēn bùcuò ！nǐmen yǒu jīhuì ，yě yào chūqù zǒu zou 。
Yeah. I took my wife all around. It was great! If you guys get a chance, you should go, too.
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