老兵

lǎobīng
  1. old soldier; veteran
  2. veteran (sb who has a lot of experience in some domain)

CEDICT

veteran; old soldier

Wiktionary

  1. 年老的士兵。
  2. 久历戎马生涯的将帅自称。

重編國語辭典

  1. 久历戎马生涯的将帅自称
  2. 年老的士兵；退伍军人

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 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 outdated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
2 兵 bīng
  1. soldiers
  2. a force
  3. an army
  4. weapons
  5. arms
  6. military
  7. warlike

classifier: 個

Related entries

老资格 lǎozīgé veteran
资深 zīshēn
  1. veteran (journalist etc)
  2. senior
  3. highly experienced
在Tatoeba，你必須總是傾聽資深成員。他們會告訴你什麼不能做，以及為什麼。然後你去做。

In Tatoeba, you gotta always listen to veteran members. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it.

Source: Tatoeba

退伍军人 tuìwǔjūnrén veteran
三个退伍军人在内海一个小镇边上租了一套房子，并生活在一起。

Three soldiers who came back from the war are renting a house at the edge of a small town on the shore of the Inland Sea and live together.

Source: Tatoeba

老将 lǎojiàng
  1. lit. old general
  2. commander-in-chief 将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess
  3. fig. old-timer
  4. veteran