老古董 (lǎo gǔ dǒng) — (noun) antique, old-fashioned object; (noun, derogatory) old fogy, a person who is stubbornly old-fashioned
Definition
Literally 'old antique,' 老古董 refers to both a genuinely old object AND, used as a mild insult, a person whose ideas are stuck in the past.
noun
antiqueold-fashioned object(noun, derogatory) old fogya person who is stubbornly old-fashioned
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 老古董,。Zhè jiā diàn lǐ yǒu hěn duō lǎo gǔ dǒng, dōu shì qīng cháo de.This shop has many antiques, all from the Qing dynasty.
- 老古董,。Yé ye shì gè lǎo gǔ dǒng, bù xǐ huan yòng diàn nǎo.Grandpa is an old fogy; he doesn't like using computers.
- 老古董,。Nǐ kàn nà ge lǎo gǔ dǒng, hái zài yòng fān gài shǒu jī.Look at that old fogy, still using a flip phone.
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