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以老卖老

yǐ lǎo mài lǎo

4-character word Traditional 以老賣老

What 以老卖老 means

1. variant of {倚老卖老|yǐ lǎo mài lǎo}

The characters in 以老卖老

• 以yǐto use; by means of; according to
• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
• 卖màito sell; to betray; to spare no effort
• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…

Sounds the same

Read yǐ lǎo mài lǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 倚老卖老(idiom) to flaunt one's seniority; to rely on one's age or length of experience to…