| 圣诞老人 |
Shèng dàn Lǎo rén |
Father Christmas; Santa Claus |
| 圣 |
kū |
(literary) to dig with persistent effort (e.g. to gather wild vegetables) |
| 圣 |
shèng |
variant of 圣 |
| 圣 |
shèng |
(bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc) / (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc) / (bound form) holy; sacred |
| 圣诞 |
Shèng dàn |
Christmas / birthday of reigning Emperor / Confucius' birthday |
| 诞 |
dàn |
birth / birthday / brag / boast / to increase |
| 老 |
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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough |
| 老人 |
lǎo rén |
old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents |
| 人 |
rén |
person; people / CL:个,位 |