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老天爺
lǎo tiān yé
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God;
Heavens
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老天爺餓不死瞎家雀
lǎo tiān yé è bù sǐ xiā jiā què
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lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom);
fig. don't give up hope;
if you tough it out, there will be light at the end of the tunnel
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老太爺
lǎo tài yé
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elderly gentleman (respectful);
esteemed father
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老爺
lǎo ye
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(respectful) lord;
master;
(coll.) maternal grandfather
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老爺子
lǎo yé zi
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my (you etc) old father;
polite appellation for an elderly male
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老爺嶺
lǎo ye lǐng
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Chinese name for Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russia's Primorsky Krai around Vladivostok
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老爺爺
lǎo yé ye
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(coll.) father's father's father;
paternal great-grandfather
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老爺車
lǎo ye chē
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classic car
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膀爺
bǎng yé
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topless guy (man who, in a public place, is not wearing a shirt)
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舅爺
jiù yé
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father's maternal uncle;
granduncle
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財神爺
cái shén yé
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god of wealth;
very wealthy man
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閻王爺
yán wáng yé
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same as 閻羅王|阎罗王;
Yama, King of Hell;
translation of Sanskrit: Yama Raja
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青天大老爺
qīng tiān dà lǎo ye
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(coll.) just and incorruptible official
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