老总 (老總)
lǎo zǒng
Pinyin

Definition

老总 (老總)
 - 
lǎo zǒng
  1. boss
  2. executive

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  10. 10 outdated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
天荒地老
tiān huāng dì lǎo
  1. 1 until the end of time (idiom)

Sample Sentences

因为全日制老总读的少，人脉上差一点。你想啊，很多人主要是想通过读MBA结识一些企业老总、高管什么的。一方面可以扩大人脉，另一方面可以跟老总学习经验。所以大多数老总肯定是在职读的，这样不会影响工作。
yīnwèi quánrìzhì lǎozǒng dú de shǎo ，rénmài shàng chà yīdiǎn 。nǐ xiǎng ā ，hěn duō rén zhǔyào shì xiǎng tōngguò dú MBA jiéshí yīxiē qǐyè lǎozǒng 、gāoguǎn shénmede 。yīfāngmiàn kěyǐ kuòdà rénmài ，lìngyīfāngmiàn kěyǐ gēn lǎozǒng xuéxí jīngyàn 。suǒyǐ dàduōshù lǎozǒng kěndìng shì zàizhí dú de ，zhèyàng bùhuì yǐngxiǎng gōngzuò 。
Because less general managers take the full-time courses, so there is a bit less networking. Think about it, many people get acquainted with some general managers, senior managers and the like, of a business, mainly through an MBA program. On one hand, they can expand their connections and on the other hand they can learn from the general manager's experience. So most general managers are definitely studying while working because it won't affect their work.
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听说他们老总一直怀着中国梦的，现在怎么说走就走啊？
tīngshuō tāmen lǎozǒng yīzhí huái zhe Zhōngguó mèng de ，xiànzài zěnme shuō zǒu jiù zǒu ā ？
I've heard that their boss is always praising the Chinese Dream. How can he just move now?
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我听隔壁的小张说他们的老总要把公司搬回美国了，这里只留一个小办事处。
wǒ tīng gébì de Xiǎo Zhāng shuō tāmen de lǎozǒng yào bǎ gōngsī bān huí Měiguó le ，zhèlǐ zhǐ liú yī gè xiǎo bànshìchù 。
I heard from Xiao Zhang next door that their boss is going to move the company to America, and there's only going to be a small office left here.
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的确有很多企业的老总开地基选楼盘都讲究风水，特别是一些港商和台商，不过这风水到底讲究的是什么呢？我到现在也没弄明白。
díquè yǒu hěn duō qǐyè de lǎozǒng kāi dìjī xuǎn lóupán dōu jiǎngjiu fēngshuǐ ，tèbié shì yīxiē gǎngshāng hé táishāng ，bùguò zhè fēngshuǐ dàodǐ jiǎngjiu de shì shénme ne ？wǒ dào xiànzài yě méi nòng míngbai 。
The heads of a lot of companies definitely give fengshui serious consideration when they choose a location for their foundation. That's especially true for Hong Kong and Taiwanese businesspeople. But what does fengshui take into consideration, anyway? To this day, I've never figured it out.
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