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老天拔地 — Chinese Idiom

老天拔地 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “describes an elderly person whose movements are stiff, slow, and not agile; cumbersome movements of an old person”.

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老天拔地 Pronunciation and Pinyin

老天拔地 Character Breakdown

Stroke Order
CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
老
lǎo6old, aged, experienced
天
tiān4sky, heaven, day, nature
拔
bá8pull out or uproot
地
dì6earth, ground, land, place

Example Sentence with 老天拔地

爷爷年纪大了,动作有点老天拔地,但他还是坚持每天散步。
Grandfather is old, and his movements are a bit stiff and slow, but he still insists on taking a walk every day.

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Synonyms of 老天拔地

  • lǎo老tài态lóng龙zhōng钟old and infirm, doddering

More idioms starting with 老

  • lǎo老bù不xiǎo晓shì事old and muddled
  • lǎo老zhī之jiāng将zhì至old age is approaching
  • lǎo老yú于shì世gù故worldly-wise and experienced
  • lǎo老sēng僧rù入dìng定deeply absorbed and still
  • lǎo老bā八bèi辈zi子extremely old-fashioned
  • lǎo老yī医shǎo少bo卜Each has their own strengths
  • lǎo老gǔ古bǎn板an old-fashioned stick-in-the-mud
  • lǎo老gǔ古dǒng董old-fashioned person or thing
  • lǎo老wú吾lǎo老yǐ以jí及rén人zhī之lǎo老Respect all elders as your own
  • lǎo老dà大tú徒shāng伤Regret wasted youth in old age
  • lǎo老dà大tú徒shāng伤bēi悲lament wasted youth in old age
  • lǎo老dà大wú无chéng成grow old without achieving anything

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What does 老天拔地 mean?

老天拔地 (lǎo tiān bá dì) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “describes an elderly person whose movements are stiff, slow, and not agile; cumbersome movements of an old person”.

How do you pronounce 老天拔地?

老天拔地 is pronounced lǎo tiān bá dì in Mandarin Chinese.

What is the Chinese definition of 老天拔地?

形容老年人动作不灵活。

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