老 大 徒 伤 悲

lǎo dà tú shāng bēidictionary entry

vain regrets of old age (idiom)

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Original source entry:

老大徒傷悲老大徒伤悲 [lao3 da4 tu2 shang1 bei1] /vain regrets of old age (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 老大徒傷悲

老
lǎo
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 / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough
大
dà
big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
dài
see 大夫[dài fu]
徒
tú
(bound form) disciple / apprentice / believer / (derog.) wrongdoer (as in 騙徒|骗徒[piàn tú] "swindler" or 叛徒[pàn tú] "traitor" etc) / (bound form) on foot / (bound form) bare / empty / (bound form) to no avail / in vain / (bound form) merely / just / only / (bound form) prison sentence
Tú
surname Tu
伤
shāng
to injure / injury / wound
悲
bēi
sad / sadness / sorrow / grief

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