to forget (everything one has learned)
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Exact character matches appear first. Pinyin matches whole syllables in headword pronunciations. Common exact readings come before common compounds, followed by less frequent or restricted readings. Direct English meanings rank ahead of mentions in longer definitions.
Frequency data from Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare.
highly eligible bachelor / desirable male partner
Mr Wang from next door (term used jocularly to refer to a neighbor who is supposedly sleeping with one's wife)
electricity hog / electricity guzzler
my lord (respectful form of address for an official or a magistrate in imperial China)
old and decrepit / senile
to look old
to thump repeatedly with one's fist
(of parents) to bring up children for the purpose of being looked after in old age
old-age insurance
to look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die
(PRC) dual-track pension system (with separate schemes for public-sector and enterprise employees)
big boss / leader of a group / dominant (position)
Robam (brand)
Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism / the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经[] by Laozi
Father Christmas / Santa Claus
Broadway (New York City)
Laos
Mickey Mouse
title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father / nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[]
Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism
Laocheng, a district of Luoyang City 洛陽市|洛阳市[], Henan
(coll.) a Mexican
(dialect) younger sister / familiar form of address for a younger woman
(literary) old woman
(dialect) sparrow
Laoshan Velodrome, a Beijing 2008 Olympics venue
The Travels of Lao Tsan, novel by late Qing novelist Liu E 劉鶚|刘鹗[]
Laohekou, a county-level city in Xiangyang City 襄陽市|襄阳市[], Hubei
Chinese name for Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russia's Primorsky Krai around Vladivostok
(dialect) corn
every potter praises his own pot (idiom) / all one's geese are swans
another name for Laozi 老子[]
Lao She (1899–1966), Chinese novelist and dramatist
Laozi and Zhuangzi (or Lao-tze and Chuang-tze), the founders of Daoism
Eldrick "Tiger" Woods (1975-), American golfer
Lao Cai, Vietnam / Laokai or Laukkai, Burma (Myanmar)
Laobian, a district of Yingkou City 營口市|营口市[], Liaoning
(dialect) crow / raven
Eagle Nebula, aka Star Queen Nebula, M16
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27