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不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫
bù guǎn bái māo hēi māo ， zhuō zhù lǎo shǔ jiù shì hǎo māo
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it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)
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不管白貓黑貓，捉住老鼠就是好貓
bù guǎn bái māo hēi māo ， zhuō zhù lǎo shǔ jiù shì hǎo māo
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it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)
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不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán ， chī kuī zài yǎn qián
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(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
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不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán ， chī kuī zài yǎn qián
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(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
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九旬老人
jiǔ xún lǎo rén
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nonagenarian
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人老珠黄
rén lǎo zhū huáng
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(of a woman) old and faded
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人老珠黃
rén lǎo zhū huáng
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(of a woman) old and faded
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以老大自居
yǐ lǎo dà zì jū
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regarding oneself as number one in terms of leadership, seniority or status
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偕老
xié lǎo
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to grow old together
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元老院
yuán lǎo yuàn
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upper house;
senate;
senior statesmen's assembly
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兜老底兜鍪
dōu lǎo dǐ dōu móu
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helmet (archaic)
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八大元老
bā dà yuán lǎo
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"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, namely 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2], 陳雲|陈云[Chen2 Yun2], 李先念[Li3 Xian1 nian4], 彭真[Peng2 Zhen1], 楊尚昆|杨尚昆[Yang2 Shang4 kun1], 薄一波[Bo2 Yi1 bo1], 王震[Wang2 Zhen4], and 宋任窮|宋任穷[Song4 Ren4 qiong2];
abbr. to 八老[Ba1 lao3]
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八老
bā lǎo
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"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, abbr. for 八大元老[Ba1 Da4 Yuan2 lao3]
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出老千
chū lǎo qiān
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to cheat (in gambling)
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半老徐娘
bàn lǎo xú niáng
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middle-aged but still attractive woman;
lady of a certain age
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古老肉
gǔ lǎo ròu
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sweet and sour pork;
also written 咕嚕肉|咕噜肉[gu1 lu1 rou4]
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吃角子老虎
chī jiǎo zi lǎo hu
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slot machine
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哥老会
gē lǎo huì
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late-Qing underground resistance movement against the Qing dynasty
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哥老會
gē lǎo huì
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late-Qing underground resistance movement against the Qing dynasty
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唐老鴨
táng lǎo yā
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Donald Duck
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啃老
kěn lǎo
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(coll.) to live with and depend on one's parents even upon reaching adulthood
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啃老族
kěn lǎo zú
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(coll.) adults still living with and depending on their parents
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土老帽
tǔ lǎo mào
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hillbilly;
yokel;
redneck;
bumpkin
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垂老
chuí lǎo
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approaching old age
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大老远
dà lǎo yuǎn
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very far away
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