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Character Mind Map: 老 old

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ID: 4368 Elementary
In Chinese, you often encounter single characters that have multiple related meanings. This has the potential to confuse learners because sometimes it is hard to make connections between component characters and their meanings within multiple-character words. That's why we created this Character Mind Map series, where we focus on characters and the words they make up. Today, we're talking about 老 and all the interesting words using this character. Let's check them out!
Fri Aug 28 2020 | Joy, Joe
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
老街 lǎojiē old street
老歌 lǎogē oldie (song)
老家 lǎojiā hometown
老朋友 lǎopéngyou old friend
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我要到北京老街吃烤鸭。
wǒ yào dào Běijīng lǎo jiē chī kǎoyā 。
I want to go to Beijing old street to have roast duck.
我很喜欢经典老歌。
wǒ hěn xǐhuan jīngdiǎn lǎogē 。
I like classic old songs.
你想念你的老家吗？
nǐ xiǎngniàn nǐ de lǎojiā ma ？
Do you miss your hometown?
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