"Older (than)" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 dà jiě big sister / elder sister / older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker)
 shì bó uncle (affectionate name for a friend older than one's father) / old friend
 chī zhǎng to not be wiser despite being older / to be older than (you) by (humble)
 lǎo niú chī nèn cǎo lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) / fig. a May-December relationship / a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman
 xiǎo gē ge little boy who is older than another young child (e.g. his playmate) / (neologism c. 2017) (slang) amiable form of address for a young man of about one's own age or a little older
 xiǎo jiě jie little girl who is older than another young child (e.g. her playmate) / (neologism c. 2017) (slang) young lady (amiable form of address for a young woman of about one's own age or a little older)
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