老牛吃嫩草
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Chinese[edit]
old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
ox; cow; bull | eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer |
tender; soft | grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty | ||
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trad. (老牛吃嫩草) | 老 | 牛 | 吃 | 嫩 | 草 | |
simp. #(老牛吃嫩草) | 老 | 牛 | 吃 | 嫩 | 草 | |
Literally: “old cow eating young grass”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
老牛吃嫩草
- May-December relationship; to rob the cradle; a romance where one partner is significantly older than the other
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 老牛吃嫩草 (“to rob the cradle”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 老牛吃嫩草 | |
Mandarin | Taiwan | 老牛吃嫩草 |
Cantonese | Hong Kong | 老牛食嫩草 |
Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 老牛食嫩草 |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 老牛食嫩草 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 老牛食嫩草 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 老牛食嫩草 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 老牛食嫩草 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 老牛食嫩草 |
(when the male is younger than female): (Cantonese)煲老藕