老牛吃嫩草
Dictionary entry
lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom)
What does 老牛吃嫩草 mean?
老牛吃嫩草 (lǎo niú chī nèn cǎo) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom)
2fig. a May-December relationship
3a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman
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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)牛Niúsurname Niu吃chīto eat; to consume · to eat at (a cafeteria etc)嫩nènyoung and tender · (of food) tender; lightly cooked草cǎovariant of 草[cao3]
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