MEANING/意义
    老大
      
  • lǎo dà
      
    sound for pinyin
      
      
    oldest; greatly; big boss
    Type adjective/形容词; adverb/副词; noun/名词  
        
EXAMPLES/列句
  • 少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。
      
      
    shào zhuàng bù nǔ lì ,lǎo dà tú shāng bēi
      
    sound for pinyin
    A young idler, an old beggar. (Chinese poem) 

  • 老大妈非常反对浪费粮食。
      
      
    lǎo dà mā fēi cháng fǎn duì làng fèi liáng shi
      
    sound for pinyin
    The old woman is strongly against wasting food.
COMBINATIONS/组合
  • 老大哥
      
    lǎo dà gē
      
    sound for pinyin
    big brother

  • 老大妈
      
    lǎo dà mā
      
    sound for pinyin
    grandma; a form of polite address for old woman

  • 老大爷
      
    lǎo dà ye
      
    sound for pinyin
    a form of polite address for old man; grandpa (father's side) 
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