老美
Lǎo Měi
Pinyin

Definition

老美
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Lǎo Měi
  1. (coll.) an American
  2. person from the United States

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

完美
wán měi
  1. 1 perfect
  2. 2 perfection
  3. 3 perfectly
美
Měi
  1. 1 the Americas
  2. 2 abbr. for 美洲[Měi zhōu]
  3. 3 USA
  4. 4 abbr. for 美國|美国[Měi guó]
美人
měi rén
  1. 1 beauty
  2. 2 belle
美国
Měi guó
  1. 1 United States
  2. 2 USA
  3. 3 US
美女
měi nǚ
  1. 1 beautiful woman

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
价廉物美
jià lián wù měi
  1. 1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)

Sample Sentences

唉，相声什么的多老套，都快淘汰了，和观众的互动还有现场气氛还是人家老美做得好。
ài ，xiàngsheng shénme de duō lǎotào ，dōu kuài táotài le ，hé guānzhòng de hùdòng háiyǒu xiànchǎng qìfēn háishì rénjiā lǎo Měi zuò de hǎo 。
Agh, cross-talk and stuff are so outdated; they're dying out. I think the Americans do it better in terms of audience interaction and stage presence.
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哦，这个是Standup Comedy，是老美的玩意儿。
ò ，zhè ge shì Standup Comedy ，shì lǎoměi de wányìr 。
Ah, stand-up comedy. It's what those Americans like to watch.
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