倚老卖老

Traditional: 倚老賣老

yǐ lǎo mài lǎo

Dictionary entry

(idiom) to flaunt one's seniority; to rely on one's age or length of experience to control or belittle others

What does 倚老卖老 mean?

倚老卖老 (yǐ lǎo mài lǎo) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(idiom) to flaunt one's seniority; to rely on one's age or length of experience to control or belittle others

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倚yǐto lean on · to rely upon 老lǎoprefix 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 · old (of people)卖màito sell · to betray

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倚老卖老

yǐ lǎo mài lǎo

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