老板 (老闆)
lǎo bǎn
Pinyin
Definition
老板 (老闆)
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- boss
- business proprietor
- CL:個|个[gè]
老板 (老闆)
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- Robam (brand)
老板
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- variant of 老闆|老板[lǎo bǎn]
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 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- 10 outdated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
- 1 Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism
- 2 the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经 by Laozi
Idioms (20)
一板一眼
- 1 lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
- 2 scrupulous attention to detail
一板三眼
- 1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
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
Sample Sentences
你需要一个团队,我明白。可是老板还没同意。
I understand that you need a team. But our boss hasn’t given us the green light/
老板,已经九点了。我们还加班呀?
Boss, it’s already nine o’clock at night. Do we still have to work overtime?
老板,过奖了。这是我应该做的。
Boss, you’re overcomplimenting me. This my responsibility.
老板,我要加点。加点一碗牛肉面。
Boss, I would like to order something in addition. An additional bowl of beef noodles.
老板,牛肉面可以加大吗?
Boss, can I have a larger portion of the beef noodles?
老板,今天的活动没那么顺利,但是我们明天会改进的。
Boss, the event didn’t go very well today, but we will do better tomorrow.
老板,这个计划太赶了,我们也许没办法在下个月前组好一个团队。
Boss, the deadline for this project is too tight. I'm afraid that we might not be able to build a team by next month.
老板很喜欢他,所以他在公司如鱼得水。
The boss likes him a lot so he is doing quite well in the company.
老板开会的时候常常拖泥带水。
The boss always drags the meetings out.
老板交给我一个任务。
My boss assigned a task to me.