老大
lǎo dà
Pinyin

Definition

老大
 - 
lǎo dà
  1. old age
  2. very
  3. eldest child in a family
  4. leader of a group
  5. boss
  6. captain of a boat
  7. leader of a criminal gang

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

大
dà
  1. 1 big
  2. 2 huge
  3. 3 large
  4. 4 major
  5. 5 great
  6. 6 wide
  7. 7 deep
  8. 8 older (than)
  9. 9 oldest
  10. 10 eldest
  11. 11 greatly
  12. 12 very much
  13. 13 (dialect) father
  14. 14 father's elder or younger brother
大吉
dà jí
  1. 1 very auspicious
  2. 2 extremely lucky
大家
dà jiā
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 influential family
  3. 3 great expert
大奖
dà jiǎng
  1. 1 prize
  2. 2 award
大话骰
dà huà tóu
  1. 1 liar's dice (dice game)
大运
Dà yùn
  1. 1 Mandate of Heaven
  2. 2 the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
  3. 3 usually written 大運河|大运河[Dà Yùn hé]
老
lǎo
  1. 1 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
  2. 2 old (of people)
  3. 3 venerable (person)
  4. 4 experienced
  5. 5 of long standing
  6. 6 always
  7. 7 all the time
  8. 8 of the past
  9. 9 very
  10. 10 outdated
  11. 11 (of meat etc) tough
老公
lǎo gōng
  1. 1 (coll.) husband
老婆
lǎo pó
  1. 1 (coll.) wife
老师
lǎo shī
  1. 1 teacher
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
老爸
lǎo bà
  1. 1 father
  2. 2 dad
一大早
yī dà zǎo
  1. 1 at dawn
  2. 2 at first light
  3. 3 first thing in the morning
亚历山大
Yà lì shān dà
  1. 1 Alexander (name)
  2. 2 Alexandria (town name)
人大
Rén dà
  1. 1 (Chinese) National People's Congress (abbr. for 全國人民代表大會|全国人民代表大会[Quán guó Rén mín Dài biǎo Dà huì])
  2. 2 Renmin University of China (abbr. for 中國人民大學|中国人民大学[Zhōng guó Rén mín Dà xué])
伟大
wěi dà
  1. 1 huge
  2. 2 great
  3. 3 grand
  4. 4 worthy of the greatest admiration
  5. 5 important (contribution etc)
偕老
xié lǎo
  1. 1 to grow old together
加大
jiā dà
  1. 1 to increase (e.g. one's effort)
加拿大
Jiā ná dà
  1. 1 Canada
  2. 2 Canadian
北大
Běi Dà
  1. 1 Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)
博大
bó dà
  1. 1 enormous
  2. 2 broad
  3. 3 extensive

Idioms (20)

一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
不识大体
bù shí dà tǐ
  1. 1 to fail to see the larger issue (idiom)
  2. 2 to fail to grasp the big picture
久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
  1. 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
  1. 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
元恶大憝
yuán è dà duì
  1. 1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
冒大不韪
mào dà bù wěi
  1. 1 to face opprobrium (idiom)
吃大锅饭
chī dà guō fàn
  1. 1 lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
吃饭皇帝大
chī fàn huáng dì dà
  1. 1 eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
哀莫大于心死
āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ
  1. 1 nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
  2. 2 no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices
  3. 3 the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart
  4. 4 nothing is more wretched than apathy
哄堂大笑
hōng táng dà xiào
  1. 1 the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
嚎啕大哭
háo táo dà kū
  1. 1 to wail
  2. 2 to bawl (idiom)
四大皆空
sì dà jiē kōng
  1. 1 lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom)
  2. 2 this world is an illusion
因小失大
yīn xiǎo shī dà
  1. 1 to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
地大物博
dì dà wù bó
  1. 1 vast territory with abundant resources (idiom)
夜郎自大
Yè láng zì dà
  1. 1 lit. Yelang thinks highly of itself (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. foolish conceit
大事化小，小事化了
dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà liǎo
  1. 1 to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)
大出其汗
dà chū qí hàn
  1. 1 to sweat buckets (idiom)

Sample Sentences

老大叫大宝，老二叫二宝，老三叫什么？
lǎodà jiào dàbǎo ，lǎoèr jiào èrbǎo ，lǎosān jiào shénme ？
The oldest is called Big Bao, the second oldest has the name Erbao, the "er" meaning two, so what's the third child called?
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老大，他们说要开枪啊！
lǎodà ，tāmen shuō yào kāiqiāng ā ！
Boss, they said they're going to shoot!
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老大！我们也有枪，干嘛跑？跟他对着干啊！
lǎodà ！wǒmen yě yǒu qiāng ，gànmá pǎo ？gēn tā duìzhegàn ā ！
Boss! We have guns too, so why are we running? We should fight them!
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这样跑，太孬了！我不...老大，小心！
zhèyàng pǎo ，tài nāo le ！wǒ bù ...lǎodà ，xiǎoxīn ！
Running like this is dumb! I can't... Boss, be careful!
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我们两个打你一个，你不想活了啊？让开！我们老大要过去！
wǒmen liǎng ge dǎ nǐ yí ge ，nǐ bù xiǎng huó le ā ？ràngkai ！wǒmen lǎodà yào guòqù ！
It's two of us against one of you, don't you want to live to see another day? Get out of the way! Our boss is going to get you!
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老大老大，后面又来一个穿制服的。
lǎodà lǎodà ，hòumian yòu lái yí ge chuān zhìfú de 。
Boss, Boss, there's one in uniform coming from behind.
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老大！我们不要投降，干掉他们两个不就结了？
lǎodà ！wǒmen bú yào tóuxiáng ，gàndiào tāmen liǎng ge bú jiù jié le ？
Boss! We can't surrender, if we do in these two then it's all sorted, no?
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老大！！出来混难道还怕死？跟他拼了！
lǎodà ！！chūlái hùn nándào hái pà sǐ ？gēn tā pīn le ！
Boss!! I didn't think gangsters were supposed to fear death. Let's take him!
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真是太阳打西边出来啦！今天怎么有闲工夫约我出来逛街啊？你个大忙人，平时想约你一起吃个饭都得费老大的劲儿呢。
zhēn shì tàiyángdǎxībiānchūlái la ！jīntiān zěnme yǒu xián gōngfu yuē wǒ chūlái guàngjiē a ？nǐ gè dàmángrén ，píngshí xiǎng yuē nǐ yīqǐ chī gè fàn dōu děi fèi lǎodà de jìnr ne 。
The sun has really risen in the west! How come you have free time today to meet me to go shopping? You are such a busy bee. Normally, if I want to meet you to eat a meal, I have to move heaven and earth.
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还不是老板。他们家老大明年要上小学了，叫我研究一下。
hái bùshì lǎobǎn 。tāmen jiā lǎodà míngnián yào shàng xiǎoxué le ，jiào wǒ yánjiū yīxià 。
It's because of the boss. His oldest child is going to start elementary school next year and he asked me to check it out.
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