yǐ lǎo mài lǎo
Traditional: 倚老賣老
倚老卖老 (yǐ lǎo mài lǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “(idiom) to flaunt one's seniority; to rely on one's age or length of experience to control or belittle others”.
Meanings
- 1(idiom) to flaunt one's seniority; to rely on one's age or length of experience to control or belittle others
Characters in 倚老卖老
倚yǐ · to lean on老lǎo · prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity卖mài · to sell老lǎo · prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
Related words
老prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity卖to sell老兄elder brother (often used self-referentially)老师teacher老板boss老板Robam (brand)老板variant of 老闆|老板[lao3 ban3]老婆(coll.) wife老天God老实honest; sincere老鼠rat; mouse (CL:隻|只[zhi1])老公(coll.) husband