老牛吃嫩草

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Chinese

old; aged; venerable
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
 
 ox; cow; bull
eat; eradicate; destroy
eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer
 
 tender; soft
grass; straw; draft (of a document)
grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
 
trad. (老牛吃嫩草) 老 牛 吃 嫩 草
simp. #(老牛吃嫩草) 老 牛 吃 嫩 草
Literally: “old cow eating young grass”.

Pronunciation

Idiom

老牛吃嫩草

  1. May-December relationship; to rob the cradle; a romance where one partner is significantly older than the other
    另外一個老牛吃嫩草不會有好下場的原因是年齡的代溝。
    另外一个老牛吃嫩草不会有好下场的原因是年龄的代沟。
    Lìngwài yī ge lǎoniú chī nèncǎo bùhuì yǒu hǎo xiàchǎng de yuányīn shì niánlíng de dàigōu.
    Another reason why robbing the cradle end badly is because of the generation gap.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 老牛吃嫩草 (“to rob the cradle”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 老牛吃嫩草
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 老牛吃嫩草
Harbin 老來啃青
Cantonese Hong Kong 老牛食嫩草
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 老牛食嫩草
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 老牛食嫩草
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 老牛食嫩草
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 老牛食嫩草
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 老牛食嫩草
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 老牛食嫩草
Puxian Min Putian 老牛食幼筍
Xianyou 老牛食幼筍

See also

  • (Cantonese) 煲老藕 (bou1 lou5 ngau5) (when a young man dates an old woman)
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