老牌
lǎo pái
Pinyin

Definition

老牌
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lǎo pái
  1. old, well-known brand
  2. old style
  3. old school
  4. an old hand
  5. experienced veteran

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

品牌
pǐn pái
  1. 1 brand name
  2. 2 trademark
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  10. 10 outdated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
又想当婊子又想立牌坊
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
  1. 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
  3. 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too

Sample Sentences

最有名的要数爱国者队，是老牌劲旅了。今年小马队、乌鸦队、和牛仔队也都不错。不过总的来说，美国联合会的整体实力比国家联合会强。
zuì yǒumíng de yào shǔ àiguózhě duì ，shì lǎopái jìnlǚ le 。jīnnián xiǎomǎ duì 、wūyā duì 、hé niúzǎi duì yě dōu bùcuò 。bùguò zǒngdeláishuō ，Měiguó liánhéhuì de zhěngtǐ shílì bǐ guójiā liánhéhuì qiáng 。
The most famous has to be the Patriots. They are hardened veterans. This year the Phillies, the Ravens and the Cowboys are also doing well. But on the whole, the NFL is overall stronger than the AFL.
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复旦也是老牌名校啊，哎，据说复旦很早以前的两位老校长都是耶鲁毕业的。
Fùdàn yě shì lǎopái míngxiào a ，ái ，jùshuō Fùdàn hěn zǎo yǐqián de liǎng wèi lǎo xiàozhǎng dōu shì Yēlǔ bìyè de 。
Fudan is also a renowned school. Hey, they say a long time ago two of Fudan's school presidents were Yale graduates.
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