倚老卖老 — Chinese idiom
倚老卖老
yǐ lǎo mài lǎo
Traditional: 倚老賣老
Meaning
- to flaunt one's seniority; to rely on one's age or length of experience to control or belittle others
Character by character
- 倚yǐto rely on, to depend on
- 老lǎoold, aged; experienced
- 卖màito sell; to betray; to show off
- 老lǎoold, aged; experienced
Idioms sharing a character
- 不偏不倚 bù piān bù yǐ
- 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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