"老大不小" meaning in 漢語

See 老大不小 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological-IPA]
  1. 年紀已大,不再是小孩了
    Sense id: zh-老大不小-zh-phrase-3GEFtfZZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話俗語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「不」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「大」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「小」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
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      "source": "w"
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      "source": "w"
    }
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  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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      "glosses": [
        "年紀已大,不再是小孩了"
      ],
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lǎodàbùxiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lǎodàbùxiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lǎodàbùsiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lao³-ta⁴-pu⁴-hsiao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lǎu-dà-bù-syǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "laodahbusheau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "лаодабусяо (laodabusjao)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
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  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "老大不小"
}
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    "官話俗語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「不」的漢語詞",
    "帶「大」的漢語詞",
    "帶「小」的漢語詞",
    "帶「老」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語俗語",
    "漢語詞元"
  ],
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        "年紀已大,不再是小孩了"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lǎodàbùxiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lǎodàbùxiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lǎodàbùsiǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lao³-ta⁴-pu⁴-hsiao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lǎu-dà-bù-syǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "laodahbusheau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "лаодабусяо (laodabusjao)"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
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    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "老大不小"
}

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