老油子
lǎo yóu zi
Pinyin

Definition

老油子
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lǎo yóu zi
  1. (coll.) wily old fox
  2. crafty fellow

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

ér zi
  1. 1 son
jiā yóu
  1. 1 to add oil
  2. 2 to top up with gas
  3. 3 to refuel
  4. 4 to accelerate
  5. 5 to step on the gas
  6. 6 (fig.) to make an extra effort
  7. 7 to cheer sb on
nǚ zǐ
  1. 1 woman
  2. 2 female
  1. 1 son
  2. 2 child
  3. 3 seed
  4. 4 egg
  5. 5 small thing
  6. 6 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat
  7. 7 Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]
  8. 8 ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
hái zi
  1. 1 child

Idioms (20)

一瓶子不响,半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
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
不入虎穴,焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.