大老

dàlǎo

the venerable elderly

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 大 dà
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 dàjiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=1 大 dài see 大夫 dàifu
2 老 lǎo
  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 outdated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

Containing this entry

大老婆 dàlǎopó primary wife
大老粗 dàlǎocū
  1. uncouth fellow
  2. rustic
大老遠 dàlǎoyuǎn very far away
空心大老官 kōngxīndàlǎoguān
  1. fake important personage
  2. sham
青天大老爺 qīngtiāndàlǎoye my lord (respectful form of address for an official or a magistrate in imperial China)
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