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老玉米

lao3 yu4 mi5

• (dialect) corn

老王卖瓜，自卖自夸

繁体：老王賣瓜，自賣自誇

Lao3 Wang2 mai4 gua1 , zi4 mai4 zi4 kua1

• every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
• all one's geese are swans

老生

lao3 sheng1

• venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera)

老生常谈

繁体：老生常談

lao3 sheng1 chang2 tan2

• an old observation (idiom)
• a truism
• banal comments

老当益壮

繁体：老當益壯

lao3 dang1 yi4 zhuang4

• old but vigorous (idiom); hale and hearty despite the years

老登

lao3 deng1

• (derog.) older man (esp. one seen as out of touch)

老百姓

lao3 bai3 xing4

• ordinary people
• the "person in the street"
• CL:個|个[ge4]

老皇历

繁体：老皇曆

lao3 huang2 li4

• (lit.) past years' almanac
• (fig.) ancient history; obsolete practice; old-fashioned principle