老輩

老辈
lǎobèi
  1. the older generation
  2. ancestors

CEDICT

  1. forefathers; predecessors
  2. one's elders; senior; older generation

Wiktionary

  1. 年長或輩分較高的人。
  2. 前代、上代。

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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 outdated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 輩 bèi
  1. lifetime
  2. generation
  3. group of people
  4. class
  5. classifier for generations
  6. (literary) classifier for people

Related entries

銀絲族 yínsīzú
  1. the older generation (respectful term)
  2. old folk
  3. silver-haired generation
上輩 shàngbèi
  1. ancestors
  2. one's elders
祖輩 zǔbèi
  1. ancestors
  2. forefathers
  3. ancestry
顯祖 xiǎnzǔ ancestors (old)
先祖 xiānzǔ
  1. (literary) my deceased grandfather
  2. (literary) ancestors