老大

lǎo dà

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word
Noun

Definition

  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

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Example

他是家裡的老大。

He's the eldest in the family.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).