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lǎo tài tai
n. a polite form of address for old lady; (someone's) mother or mother-in-law
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Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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lǎo tài tai hé tā lǎo tóur qù mǎ tou sòng ér zi
phr. The old woman and her husband went to the quay to see her son off.
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lǎo tài tai tóu tòng .
phr. The old lady has a headache.
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nà ge lǎo tài tai bù xǐ huan tā de èr ér zi, gù ér qǔ xiāo le tā de yí chǎn jì chéng quán .
phr. The old woman doesn't like her second son, therefore she cut him off with a shilling.
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yì tīng dào tā yòu lái yào qián, lǎo tài tai jiù huǒ mào sān zhàng .
phr. As soon as (she) heard that he came asking for money again, the old lady burst into a fury.