老少皆宜
lǎo shào jiē yí
Pinyin

Definition

老少皆宜
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lǎo shào jiē yí
  1. suitable for both the young and the old

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

多少
duō shǎo
  1. 1 number
  2. 2 amount
  3. 3 somewhat
少
shǎo
  1. 1 few
  2. 2 less
  3. 3 to lack
  4. 4 to be missing
  5. 5 to stop (doing sth)
  6. 6 seldom
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  10. 10 outdated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

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
一着不慎，满盘皆输
yī zhāo bù shèn , mǎn pán jiē shū
  1. 1 One careless move and the whole game is lost. (idiom)
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

Sample Sentences

我们有内地电影的删改标准，无论是国产影片，还是进口影片，事实上都遵循着一个原则，就是“老少皆宜”。有多少好片就是因为无法通过审查而不能进入影院见观众啊！
wǒmen yǒu nèidì diànyǐng de shāngǎi biāozhǔn ，wúlún shì guóchǎn yǐngpiàn ，háishì jìnkǒu yǐngpiàn ，shìshíshàng dōu zūnxún zhe yī gè yuánzé ，jiùshì “lǎoshàojiēyí ”。yǒu duōshǎo hǎo piàn jiùshì yīnwèi wúfǎ tōngguò shěnchá ér bù néng jìnrù yǐngyuàn jiàn guānzhòng ā ！
We have standards for editing movies domestically. Whether it's a Chinese movie or a foreign film, the truth is that they all adhere to one principle - ”fit for all ages“. There are many good movies that can't be seen by audiences in the theaters because there's no way they can meet the censorship requirements.
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