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老
生
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Jyutping
lou5 sang1
Pinyin
lǎo shēng
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
noun
laosheng (older male role in Chinese opera)
(syn.) 须生, 鬚生, 生角兒, 生角儿
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
(沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
Mandarin
今天的激进也许是明天的老生常谈。
今天的激進也許是明天的老生常談。
jīn tiān de jī jìn yě xǔ shì míng tiān de lǎo shēng cháng tán 。
What's radical today may be cliché tomorrow.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
老生常谈
老生常談
lou5 sang1 soeng4 taam4
platitude