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Usage of the character 叟

sǒu
[叟]
  • old gentleman
  • old man
Qiáosǒu
乔叟
[喬叟]
  • Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集 ( Kǎntèbóléi Gùshì Jí)
lǎosǒu
老叟
[老叟]
  • old man
běisǒushīmǎ
北叟失马
[北叟失馬]
  • lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
  • fig. a blessing in disguise
  • it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
tóngsǒuwúqī
童叟无欺
[童叟無欺]
  • cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously
  • Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.
Yěsǒu Pùyán
野叟曝言
[野叟曝言]
  • Yesou Puyan or Humble Words of a Rustic Elder, monumental Qing novel by Xia Jingqu 夏敬渠 ( Xià Jìngqú)
Jiéfúlǐ· Qiáosǒu
杰弗里·乔叟
[傑弗里·喬叟]
  • Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集 ( Kǎntèbóléi Gùshì Jí)