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姜还是老的辣

jiāng hái shì lǎo de là

6-character word Traditional 薑還是老的辣

What 姜还是老的辣 means

1. ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom)
2. the older, the wiser

The characters in 姜还是老的辣

• 姜jiāngginger
• 还háistill; still in progress; still more
• 是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…
• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
• 的deof; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)…
• 辣làhot (spicy); pungent; (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting