老大(lǎo dà)

HSK 7-92 characters

old age

Character breakdown

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Example sentences

How 老大 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 我知道老大决不让我去的。

    wǒ zhī dào lǎo dà jué bù ràng wǒ qù de

    I knew Eldest Brother would never let me go.

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