老态龙钟 — Chinese idiom
老态龙钟
lǎo tài lóng zhōng
Traditional: 老態龍鍾
Meaning
- doddering; senile
Character by character
- 老lǎoold, aged; experienced
- 态tàimanner, bearing, attitude
- 龙lóngdragon; symbol of the emperor
- 钟zhōngclock; bell
Idioms sharing a character
- 倚老卖老 yǐ lǎo mài lǎo
- 告老还乡 gào lǎo huán xiāng
- 天荒地老 tiān huāng dì lǎo
- 宝刀不老 bǎo dāo bù lǎo
- 宝刀未老 bǎo dāo wèi lǎo
- 年老力衰 nián lǎo lì shuāi
- 年老体弱 nián lǎo tǐ ruò
- 敬老尊贤 jìng lǎo zūn xián
- 月下老人 yuè xià lǎo rén
- 深山老林 shēn shān lǎo lín
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