老底子
Chinese
old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) | bottom; underneath; underside; base; foundation | ||
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trad. (老底子) | 老 | 底子 | |
simp. #(老底子) | 老 | 底子 |
Pronunciation
Noun
老底子
- inherited fortune; ancestral estate; foundation; base
- 好好地利用和發展沿海的工業老底子,可以使我們更有力量來發展和支持內地工業。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集·第五卷》 (Selected Works of Mao Zedong: Volume V) (1977). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Hǎohǎo de lìyòng hé fāzhǎn yánhǎi de gōngyè lǎodǐzi, kěyǐ shǐ wǒmen gèng yǒu lìliàng lái fāzhǎn hé zhīchí nèidì gōngyè. [Pinyin]
- Making good use of the old industries in the coastal regions and developing their capacities will put us in a stronger position to promote and support industry in the interior.
好好地利用和发展沿海的工业老底子,可以使我们更有力量来发展和支持内地工业。 [MSC, simp.]
- original personnel
- one's (unsavory) past; one's personal background
- (dialectal) the past; past time
Synonyms
- (foundation, base): 老底 (lǎodǐ), 根底 (gēndǐ)
- (original personnel): 老班底
- (one's unsavory past): 老底 (lǎodǐ), 內情/内情 (nèiqíng), 底細/底细 (dǐxì)