老年人elderly person

• 我们的徐老还没有来。

  Mr Xu still hasn't come.

前缀，用于称人、排行次序、某些动植物名a prefix used for people, order of rank, or for certain animals and plants

• 老刘

  Old Liu

• 老二

  second child

• 老黄瓜

  cucumber

指死<婉>to pass away

• 他祖父去年老了。

  His grandfather passed away last year.

变质to deteriorate

• 防老剂

  antioxidant

年岁大;历史久;陈旧old

• 到老

  until old age

• 他老了。

  He is old now.

• 祖父年纪虽大，但并不显老。

  Although Grandfather is very old, he doesn't look it.

• 脸上的胡须使他显得很老。

  His beard makes him look old.

• 老工人

  experienced worker

• 老朋友

  old friend

• 老职员

  long-serving employee

• 老战士

  veteran soldier

• 老革命家

  veteran revolutionary

• 老主顾

  regular customer

• 老资格

  veteran

• 不要摆老资格

  do not pull rank

• 老机器

  old machine

• 老手法

  outdated method

• 老眼光

  outdated perspective

• 这种机器已经老了。

  This type of machine is already old.

• 房子老了。

  This house is rather dilapidated.

有经验experienced

原来的original

• 回到老地方

  return to the original place

• 老习惯难改。

  Old habits die hard.

• 一切都是老样子。

  Everything was as it was before.

蔬菜过了适口的时期grown past the best time for eating

• 菠菜老了，不嫩。

  The spinach has been left unpicked for too long. It's not tender any more.

• 黄瓜长老了。

  The cucumber has grown past it.

火候大cooked for a long time

• 煮老的鸡蛋

  overcooked egg

• 把鸡蛋煮老点

  boil the egg for a little longer

• 把牛排煎得老些

  fry the steak for a little longer

• 炒得太老了不好吃。

  Food won't be tasty if it is stir fried for too long.

颜色深deep

• 老绿

  deep green

• 老红

  deep red

排行在末了的youngest

• 老儿子

  youngest son

• 老妹子

  youngest sister

长久for a long time

• 大家老想看你去。

  Everyone has wanted to go and see you for a long time.

• 我老没见他了。

  I haven't seen him for a long time.

经常always

• 他老待在家里。

  He stays at home all the time.

• 人家老提前完成任务，为什么我们不能？

  Other people can always finish ahead of schedule, so why can't we?

• 怎么能老打扰人家。

  Why are you always off disturbing others?

• 他老不听话。

  He never listens.

很very

• 老远

  very far

• 老早

  very early

• 他老早就睡了。

  He went to sleep very early.

• 他老早已经退休了。

  He retired long ago.

• 我老早就住在这儿。

  I've been living here for a long time.