old-fashioned / old-school
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
old man / I (an old man referring to himself)
heavy smoker / chain smoker / life-long smoker
heavy smoker / chain smoker
father / old man / venerable sir
father / dad
lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom) / fig. a May-December relationship / a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman
see 老牛破車|老牛破车[]
lit. old ox pulling a shabby cart (idiom) / fig. slow and inefficient
lit. an old ox licking its calf (idiom) / fig. (of parents) to dote on one's children
venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera)
old but vigorous (idiom) / hale and hearty despite the years
(derog.) older man (esp. one seen as out of touch)
(lit.) past years' almanac / (fig.) ancient history / obsolete practice / old-fashioned principle
blurred vision of an old person (idiom)
(Tw) calm / unperturbed (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [lāu-sîn-tsāi-tsāi])
nest / den (for animals) / (fig.) lair / hideout (for criminals)
to wait patiently / heron
uneducated person / yokel / boor / roughneck
(coll.) an American / person from the United States
see 惱羞成怒|恼羞成怒[]
old man
dim sight of the aged / doddering / senile
(coll.) experienced and usually well-positioned middle-aged man
outmoded / old-fashioned
presbyopia
presbyopia
presbyopic glasses
shamelessly
tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held down with straps while bricks are inserted under the feet, forcing the knee joint to bend in reverse)
old-style large kitchen stove
tiger salad, a northeast China dish usually consisting of hot pepper, cucumber, cilantro and leek
lit. an old oyster producing a pearl (idiom) / fig. birthing a son at an advanced age
old street
(coll.) male cousin through a female relative / (coll.) friendly form of address between men of similar age / (coll.) nickname for a person from Jiangxi
(literary) elderly Buddhist monk / (humble) I (used by elderly Buddhist monks)
presbyopia
presbyopia
rigorous schemes and deep foresight (idiom) / astute and circumspect
old ways / old habit
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27