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 gǔ lǎo ancient / old / age-old
 cāng lǎo old / aged / (of calligraphy or painting) vigorous / forceful
 jiǔ yuǎn old / ancient / far away
 nián mài old / aged
 chén nián old / stored for many years
 gēng xīn to replace the old with new / to renew / to renovate / to upgrade / to update / to regenerate
 gù shì old practice / CL:個|个[ge4]
 yī tào suit / a set / a collection / of the same kind / the same old stuff / set pattern of behavior
 lǎo rén old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents
 Shěn yáng Shenyang subprovincial city and capital of Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3] in northeast China / old names include Fengtian 奉天[Feng4 tian1], Shengjing 盛京[Sheng4 jing1] and Mukden
 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang
 shàng xià up and down / top and bottom / old and young / length / about
 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband
 Huá xià old name for China / Cathay
 Luò yáng Luoyang prefecture-level city in Henan, an old capital from pre-Han times
 duō dà how old? / how big? / how much? / so big / that much
 lǎo rén jiā polite term for old woman or man
 dài wang robber baron (in opera, old stories) / magnate
 lǎo nián rén old people / the elderly
 lǎo tài old lady
 Shén zhōu old name for China
 lǎo nián elderly / old age / autumn of one's years
 lǎo zhě old man / elderly man
 lǎo huà to age (of person or object) / becoming old
 hú luàn careless / reckless / casually / absent-mindedly / at will / at random / any old how
 zhèng zōng orthodox school / fig. traditional / old school / authentic / genuine
 Kāi fēng Kaifeng prefecture-level city in Henan, old capital of Northern Song, former provincial capital of Henan / old name Bianliang 汴梁[Bian4 liang2]
 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy
 shuāi lǎo to age / to deteriorate with age / old and weak
 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man
 huá jī comical / funny / amusing / old pr. [gu3 ji1] / huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang
 fù gǔ to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
 jǐ suì how old are you? (familiar, or to a child)
 lǎo dì (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy / old pal
 lǎo jiàng lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran
 xīn chén dài xiè metabolism (biology) / the new replaces the old (idiom)
 lǎo diē (dialect) father / old man / sir
 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself)
 A1 ěr kǎ tè Alcatel, old company name
 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran
 lǎo yé zi my (you etc) old father / polite appellation for an elderly male
 lǎo shào the old and the young
 lǎo jiā huo (coll.) old fellow / old codger
 Lǐng nán south of the five ranges / old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi
 lǎo yǒu old friend / sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)
 gù rén old friend / the deceased
 lǎo tài pó old woman (at times contemptuous)
 lǎo shì old-fashioned / old type / outdated
 pò àn to solve a case / shabby old table
 mǎn yuè full moon / whole month / baby's one-month old birthday
 jiù bǎn old version
 gǔ mù old tomb (archaeology)
 jiù zhǐ former site / old location
 gǔ shī old verse / Classical Chinese poem
 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife
 lǎo shǒu experienced person / an old hand at sth
仿 fǎng gǔ pseudo-classical / modeled on antique / in the old style
 gǔ wén old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject
 bái tóu hoary head / old age
 jiù chéng Old City
 biàn lǎo to grow old / to age / aging
 jiù shì old affair / former matter
 lǎo tào hackneyed / well-worn (phrase etc) / same old story / stereotypical fashion
 sǐ shǒu to defend one's property to the death / to cling obstinately to old habits / die-hard
 hé old variant of 和[he2] / harmonious
 xīn dà lù the New World / the Americas as opposed to the Old World 舊大陸|旧大陆[jiu4 da4 lu4] or Eurasia
 zhōng lǎo nián middle and old age
 lǎo fù rén old lady
 lǎo hú li old fox / fig. cunning person
 lǎo ér father / husband / old man
 lǎo wēng old man
沿 yán xí to carry on as before / to follow (an old custom etc)
 Líng hú old place name (in modern Linyi county 臨猗縣|临猗县, Shanxi) / two-character surname Linghu
 jiù shū second-hand book / old book / ancient book
 rú gù as before / as usual / (to be) like old friends
 lǎo xiǎo the old and the young / the youngest member of the family
 xué míng scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students
 lǎo liǎn self-respect of old person / face / thick-skinned (i.e. impervious to criticism) / brazen
 tuī chén chū xīn to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom) / to innovate
 Jiàn yè an old name for Nanjing, called Jiankang 建康 / or Jianye during the Eastern Jin (317-420)
 lǎo nǎi nai (coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman
 shí jiǔ suì 19 years old
 lǎo yàng zi old situation / things as they were
 jiù qíng old affection
 gǔ shū ancient book / old book
 lí xiū to retire / to leave work and rest (euphemism for compulsory retirement of old cadres)
 gǔ sè gǔ xiāng interesting and appealing (of old locations, objects etc)
 Yān jīng Yanjing, an old name for Beijing / capital of Yan at different periods
 Zhōu zhuāng Zhouzhuang, old canal town between Shanghai and Suzhou, tourist attraction
 lǎo fù father / old man / venerable sir
 Tǔ bō Tubo or Tufan, old name for Tibet / the Tibetan Tubo dynasty 7th-11th century AD / also pr. [Tu3 fan1]
 lǎo lù old road / familiar way / beaten track / conventional behavior
 dà qián large sum of money / old Chinese type of coin of high denomination
 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1]
 jiù shì old style
 nuó (archaic) many / beautiful / how / old variant of 挪[nuo2]
 xié lǎo to grow old together
 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard
 yú rè residual heat / surplus heat / fig. old people's capacity for work
 Dǎ gǒu Takow, Takao or Takau, old name for Kaohsiung 高雄[Gao1 xiong2] in the southwest of Taiwan
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