老兄
lǎo xiōng
Pinyin
Definition
老兄
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- elder brother (often used self-referentially)
- (form of address between male friends) old chap
- buddy
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 brothers
- 2 younger brother
- 3 classifier: 个 gè
- 4 I, me (humble term used by men in public speech)
- 5 brotherly
- 6 fraternal
- 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- 10 outdated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
兄弟阋于墙,外御其侮
- 1 internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
Sample Sentences
说我吃饱没事干,那你老兄有什么有意义的跨年办法?
You think I have nothing better to do? Then what bright idea do you have for new year then, old boy?