jiāng hái shì lǎo de là

Traditional: 薑還是老的辣

姜还是老的辣 (jiāng hái shì lǎo de là) is a Chinese word meaning “ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom); the older, the wiser”.

Meanings

  1. 1ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom)
  2. 2the older, the wiser

Characters in 姜还是老的辣

姜jiāng · ginger还hái · still是shì · to be (followed by substantives only)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的de · of; ~'s (possessive particle)辣là · hot (spicy)

Related words

的of; ~'s (possessive particle)的a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4])的really and truly的(bound form) bull's-eye; target是to be (followed by substantives only)是variant of 是[shi4]还still还to pay back还surname Huan但是but; however是的yes, that's right还有there still remain(s); there is (or are) still

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