老是

lǎoshì
  1. (colloquial, often derogatory) always; forever
  2. always; forever

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老是 lǎoshi always

Examples

他老是开夜车。

He always sits up late at night.

He's always burning the midnight oil.

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汤姆老是发牢骚。

Tom complains all the time.

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这儿老是这麽冷吗？

Is it always so cold here?

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我最近老是见到他。

I have seen much of him lately.

I've seen a lot of him recently.

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她老是弄丢她的手帕。

She is always losing her handkerchief.

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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 outdated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 是 shì
  1. to be (followed by substantives only)
  2. correct; right; true
  3. (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
  4. (adverb for emphatic assertion)
=2 是 shì variant of 是 shì