of the past in Chinese

老

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lǎo

prefix 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)
venerable (person)
experienced
of long standing
always
all the time
of the past
very
outdated
(of meat etc) tough

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Example sentences

lǎo 老 nánrén 男人 jīntiān 今天 zǎoshang 早上 qùshì 去世 le 了。

The old man passed away this morning.
wǒmen 我们 yào 要 huó 活 dào 到 lǎo 老， zuòdào 做到 lǎo 老。

We must work as long as we live.

1 entry in ChineseDict lists "of the past" as a meaning.