老大
lǎo dà
Pinyin

Definition

老大
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lǎo dà
  1. old age
  2. very
  3. eldest child in a family
  4. leader of a group
  5. boss
  6. captain of a boat
  7. leader of a criminal gang

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

大
dà
  1. 1 big
  2. 2 huge
  3. 3 large
  4. 4 major
  5. 5 great
  6. 6 wide
  7. 7 deep
  8. 8 older (than)
  9. 9 oldest
  10. 10 eldest
  11. 11 greatly
  12. 12 very much
  13. 13 (dialect) father
  14. 14 father's elder or younger brother
大吉
dà jí
  1. 1 very auspicious
  2. 2 extremely lucky
大家
dà jiā
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 influential family
  3. 3 great expert
大奖
dà jiǎng
  1. 1 prize
  2. 2 award
大话骰
dà huà tóu
  1. 1 liar's dice (dice game)

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
不识大体
bù shí dà tǐ
  1. 1 to fail to see the larger issue (idiom)
  2. 2 to fail to grasp the big picture

Sample Sentences

老大叫大宝，老二叫二宝，老三叫什么？
lǎodà jiào dàbǎo ，lǎoèr jiào èrbǎo ，lǎosān jiào shénme ？
The oldest is called Big Bao, the second oldest has the name Erbao, the "er" meaning two, so what's the third child called?
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老大，他们说要开枪啊！
lǎodà ，tāmen shuō yào kāiqiāng ā ！
Boss, they said they're going to shoot!
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老大！我们也有枪，干嘛跑？跟他对着干啊！
lǎodà ！wǒmen yě yǒu qiāng ，gànmá pǎo ？gēn tā duìzhegàn ā ！
Boss! We have guns too, so why are we running? We should fight them!
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这样跑，太孬了！我不...老大，小心！
zhèyàng pǎo ，tài nāo le ！wǒ bù ...lǎodà ，xiǎoxīn ！
Running like this is dumb! I can't... Boss, be careful!
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我们两个打你一个，你不想活了啊？让开！我们老大要过去！
wǒmen liǎng ge dǎ nǐ yí ge ，nǐ bù xiǎng huó le ā ？ràngkai ！wǒmen lǎodà yào guòqù ！
It's two of us against one of you, don't you want to live to see another day? Get out of the way! Our boss is going to get you!
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老大老大，后面又来一个穿制服的。
lǎodà lǎodà ，hòumian yòu lái yí ge chuān zhìfú de 。
Boss, Boss, there's one in uniform coming from behind.
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老大！我们不要投降，干掉他们两个不就结了？
lǎodà ！wǒmen bú yào tóuxiáng ，gàndiào tāmen liǎng ge bú jiù jié le ？
Boss! We can't surrender, if we do in these two then it's all sorted, no?
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老大！！出来混难道还怕死？跟他拼了！
lǎodà ！！chūlái hùn nándào hái pà sǐ ？gēn tā pīn le ！
Boss!! I didn't think gangsters were supposed to fear death. Let's take him!
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真是太阳打西边出来啦！今天怎么有闲工夫约我出来逛街啊？你个大忙人，平时想约你一起吃个饭都得费老大的劲儿呢。
zhēn shì tàiyángdǎxībiānchūlái la ！jīntiān zěnme yǒu xián gōngfu yuē wǒ chūlái guàngjiē a ？nǐ gè dàmángrén ，píngshí xiǎng yuē nǐ yīqǐ chī gè fàn dōu děi fèi lǎodà de jìnr ne 。
The sun has really risen in the west! How come you have free time today to meet me to go shopping? You are such a busy bee. Normally, if I want to meet you to eat a meal, I have to move heaven and earth.
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还不是老板。他们家老大明年要上小学了，叫我研究一下。
hái bùshì lǎobǎn 。tāmen jiā lǎodà míngnián yào shàng xiǎoxué le ，jiào wǒ yánjiū yīxià 。
It's because of the boss. His oldest child is going to start elementary school next year and he asked me to check it out.
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