者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this syn 博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician 解 xiè acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old) syn 士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn 老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn 古老 gǔ lǎo ancient / old / age-old syn 地步 dì bù stage / degree (to which a situation has evolved) / a (usu. bad) situation / leeway syn 打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc) syn 老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn 老式 lǎo shì old-fashioned / old type / outdated syn 老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn 老牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran syn 食道 shí dào esophagus / gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route syn 旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge 老将 老將 lǎo jiàng lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran syn 宿怨 sù yuàn an old grudge / old scores to settle syn 老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) syn 喜新厌旧 喜新厭舊 xǐ xīn yàn jiù lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom) / fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old syn 寿终正寝 壽終正寢 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life syn 老态 老態 lǎo tài old and frail / decrepit / doddering / decrepitude / infirmities of old age syn 念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake syn 图景 圖景 tú jǐng landscape (in a picture) / (fig.) landscape (i.e. general situation) / view of the situation / mental picture syn 小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn 老家伙 老傢伙 lǎo jiā huo (coll.) old fellow / old codger syn 古风 古風 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1] syn 老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard 白头偕老 白頭偕老 bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part syn 故道 gù dào old road / old way / old course (of a river) 旧称 舊稱 jiù chēng old term / old way of referring to sth 州 zhōu prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland) 甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn 卢 盧 lú (old) rice vessel / black / old variant of 廬|庐[lu2] / (slang) (Tw) troublesome / fussy 京 jīng capital city of a country / big / algebraic term for a large number (old) / artificial mound (old) syn 岂 豈 kǎi old variant of 愷|恺[kai3] / old variant of 凱|凯[kai3] syn 曹 cáo class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old) syn 蒸 zhēng to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old) syn 穆 mù solemn / reverent / calm / burial position in an ancestral tomb (old) / old variant of 默 牧 mù to herd / to breed livestock / to govern (old) / government official (old) syn 老东西 老東西 lǎo dōng xi (derog.) old fool / old bastard 廉 lián incorruptible / honest / inexpensive / to investigate (old) / side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old) syn 叟 sǒu old gentleman / old man syn 卿 qīng high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old) syn 嬴 yíng old variant of 贏|赢[ying2], to win, to profit / old variant of 盈[ying2], full 牟 móu barley / to moo / to seek or obtain / old variant of 侔[mou2] / old variant of 眸[mou2] syn 哏 hěn old variant of 狠[hen3] / old variant of 很[hen3] / also used as an exclamation of anger syn 老马识途 老馬識途 lǎo mǎ shí tú an old horse knows the way (idiom) / an experienced worker knows what to do / an old hand knows the ropes syn 危境 wēi jìng dangerous situation / venerable old age syn 桢 楨 zhēn (old) privet (genus Ligustrum) / (bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction / (fig.) mainstay / pillar / backbone 邕 yōng city surrounded by a moat / old variant of 雍[yong1] / old variant of 壅[yong1] 姒 sì wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old) / elder sister (old) 胙 zuò to grant or bestow / sacrificial flesh offered to the gods (old) / blessing / title of a sovereign (old) 锜 錡 qí three legged cauldron (old) / woodworking chisel (old) 了 le (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) syn 情况 情況 qíng kuàng circumstances / state of affairs / situation / CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3] syn 步 bù a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation syn 情 qíng (bound form) feelings / emotion / sentiment / passion / (bound form) situation / condition syn 困难 困難 kùn nan difficult / challenging / straitened circumstances / difficult situation syn 状况 狀況 zhuàng kuàng condition / state / situation / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 条件 條件 tiáo jiàn condition / circumstance / term / factor / requirement / prerequisite / qualification / situation / state / condition / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 手里 手裡 shǒu lǐ in hand / (a situation is) in sb's hands 好看 hǎo kàn good-looking / nice-looking / (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good / in an embarrassing situation syn 场景 場景 chǎng jǐng scene / scenario / situation / setting syn 处境 處境 chǔ jìng situation (of a person) syn 场合 場合 chǎng hé situation / occasion / context / setting / location / venue syn 情形 qíng xing circumstances / situation / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 局面 jú miàn aspect / phase / situation syn 场面 場面 chǎng miàn scene / spectacle / occasion / situation syn 手头 手頭 shǒu tóu on hand / at hand / one's financial situation syn 情景 qíng jǐng scene / spectacle / circumstances / situation syn 局势 局勢 jú shì situation / state (of affairs) syn 躲开 躲開 duǒ kāi to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc) / to avoid (sb) syn 形势 形勢 xíng shì circumstances / situation / terrain / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 随机 隨機 suí jī according to the situation / pragmatic / random syn 解救 jiě jiù to rescue / to help out of difficulties / to save the situation syn 台阶 臺階 tái jiē steps / flight of steps / step (over obstacle) / fig. way out of an embarrassing situation / bench (geology) syn 知情 zhī qíng to know the facts / to understand / to be familiar with the situation syn 实情 實情 shí qíng the actual situation / the truth syn 事态 事態 shì tài situation / existing state of affairs syn 整体 整體 zhěng tǐ whole entity / entire body / synthesis / as a whole (situation, construction, team etc) / global / macrocosm / integral / holistic / whole syn 现状 現狀 xiàn zhuàng current situation syn 搭讪 搭訕 dā shàn to hit on someone / to strike up a conversation / to start talking to end an awkward silence or embarrassing situation syn 扭转 扭轉 niǔ zhuǎn to reverse / to turn around (an undesirable situation) / (mechanics) torsion syn 身处 身處 shēn chǔ in (some place) / to be in (adversity, a difficult situation, danger, turmoil etc) / to find oneself in / placed in / surrounded by syn 危急 wēi jí critical / desperate (situation) syn 残局 殘局 cán jú endgame (in chess) / desperate situation / aftermath (of a failure) 大局 dà jú overall situation / the big picture syn 风云 風雲 fēng yún weather / unstable situation syn 军情 軍情 jūn qíng military situation / military intelligence 谜团 謎團 mí tuán riddle / enigma / unpredictable situation / elusive matters 凑合 湊合 còu he to bring together / to make do in a bad situation / to just get by / to improvise / passable / not too bad syn 光明正大 guāng míng zhèng dà (of a person) honorable / not devious / (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard / without tricks / openly / (of a situation) out in the open syn 加重 jiā zhòng to make heavier / to emphasize / (of an illness etc) to become more serious / to aggravate (a bad situation) / to increase (a burden, punishment etc) syn 真情 zhēn qíng real situation / the truth syn 对策 對策 duì cè countermeasure for dealing with a situation syn 全局 quán jú overall situation syn 似曾相识 似曾相識 sì céng xiāng shí déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time) / seemingly familiar / apparently already acquainted 混沌 hùn dùn primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology) / (of a situation) confused / chaotic / (of a person) muddle-headed / simple-minded syn 实况 實況 shí kuàng live (e.g. broadcast or recording) / what is actually happening / scene / the real situation syn 进退两难 進退兩難 jìn tuì liǎng nán no room to advance or to retreat (idiom) / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation syn 