| 老牛破车 |
lǎo niú pò chē |
lit. old ox pulling a shabby cart (idiom) / fig. slow and inefficient |
| 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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough |
| 牛 |
Niú |
surname Niu |
| 牛 |
niú |
ox / cow / bull / CL:条,头 / newton (abbr. for 牛顿) / (slang) awesome |
| 破 |
pò |
broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of |
| 车 |
Chē |
surname Che |
| 车 |
chē |
car / vehicle / CL:辆 / machine / to shape with a lathe / Kangxi radical 159 |
| 车 |
jū |
war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess) |