姜还是老的辣
Traditional: 薑還是老的辣Dictionary entry
ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom)
What does 姜还是老的辣 mean?
姜还是老的辣 (jiāng hái shì lǎo de là) has the following dictionary meaning.
1ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom)
2the older, the wiser
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姜Jiāngsurname Jiang还Huánsurname Huan是shìto be (followed by substantives only) · correct; right; true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)的deof; ~'s (possessive particle) · (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)辣làold variant of 辣[la4]
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