老弟
lǎo dì
Pinyin

Definition

老弟
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lǎo dì
  1. (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy
  2. old pal

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

兄弟
xiōng dì
  1. 1 brothers
  2. 2 younger brother
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 I, me (humble term used by men in public speech)
  5. 5 brotherly
  6. 6 fraternal
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  10. 10 outdated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

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
兄弟阋于墙，外御其侮
xiōng dì xì yú qiáng , wài yù qí wǔ
  1. 1 internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)

Sample Sentences

老弟，好久不见，难得你有空来看我。
lǎodì ，hǎojiǔbùjiàn ，nándé nǐ yǒukòng lái kàn wǒ 。
Hey old boy, long time no see, it's not often you have time to come and see me.
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是吗？老弟你常到处跑，见识是比我广的。
shìma ma ？lǎodì nǐ cháng dàochù pǎo ，jiànshi shì bǐ wǒ guǎng de 。
Really? You get about more than me, old chap, your horizons are broader than mine.
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生活水平提升自然是好的，老弟我是信奉进步二字的，内心宁静纯属个人，追求更多、更快、更好才是人性的本然。
shēnghuó shuǐpíng tíshēng zìrán shì hǎo de ，lǎodì wǒ shì xìnfèng jìnbù èr zì de ，nèixīn níngjìng chúnshǔ gèrén ，zhuīqiú gèng duō 、gèng kuài 、gèng hǎo cáishì rénxìng de běnrán 。
Naturally an improvement in living standards is good, I believe in the word progress, buddy. Inner peace is for the individual, asking for more, more quickly and better is the essence of being human.
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