| 老 |
lǎo shēng | venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera) |
| 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/ old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough |
| 生 |
shēng | to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student |