老饕
lǎo tāo
Pinyin
Definition
老饕
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- glutton
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- 10 outdated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
Idioms (20)
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
不听老人言,吃亏在眼前
- 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
天荒地老
- 1 until the end of time (idiom)
Sample Sentences
哎呦呦,得得得,服了你了,看得出来你是老饕,赶快从椅子上下来,尝尝味道再给评价评价。
Ah, OK, OK, OK. I got to hand it to you, it's clear you're a connoisseur. Hurry up and come down from the chair, give it a taste and then you can review it.
嗬!听你这口气,是嫌人家不够专业咯!那你倒是说说看,你们老饕和一般小吃货有何差别啊,洗耳恭听!
Huh! Listening to your tone, I surmise that you're not impressed with the level of other people's professionalism! Can you explain to me then, what the difference is between normal foodies and connoisseurs like you? I'm all ears!
是啊,我身边老饕都说愿意减三分之一的光阴换这秋蟹和黄酒呢!我也是一想到就直咽口水啊!
Yeah. All the foodies I know say they would be willing to exchange one third of their lives for these Autumn crabs and huangjiu! My mouth waters just thinking about it!