If the father is a hero, the son is a real man. If the father is a reactionary, the son is a bastard. (Cultural Revolution slogan) / fig. like father, like son
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shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation
peddler / old or regular customer
erhua variant of 老客[]
see 寒腿[]
(coll.) docile / well-behaved / biddable
honestly speaking / to be frank, ...
the old and the young / the youngest member of the family
(coll.) as one ages, one becomes more and more like a child
suitable for young and old
cheating neither old nor young / treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.
suitable for both the young and the old
romantic relationship with a significant age gap
(neologism, attested by 2025) oneself, treated as an old friend
(dialect) country bumpkin / a hick
senile dementia
liver spot / age spot
old age
senile dementia / Alzheimer's disease
where in the order of seniority among siblings? / (sometimes used in rhetorical questions to express disparagement)
(coll.) person from Guangdong province (esp. Cantonese)
old and frail / decrepit / doddering / decrepitude / infirmities of old age
(idiom) doddering / senile
old and wise / experienced and knowledgeable
(dialect) veteran actor / old trouper
dark soy sauce
old fart (usually in self-reference) / geezer
penny-pincher / miser
experienced in the ways of the world (idiom) / worldly-wise / sophisticated
old woman role in Chinese opera
rigid conventions / reactionary framework
(Tw) unoriginal / hackneyed / (of a joke) old
old situation / things as they were
oldie (song)
to die of old age
Westerner (esp. a Russian) (derog.)
old and decrepit / proud of one's age and experience (idiom)
a much-travelled person, well acquainted with the ways of the world
(coll.) wily old fox / crafty fellow
old fox / slick customer
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27