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老掉牙
lǎo diào yá
What 老掉牙 means
- very old
- obsolete
- out of date
The characters in 老掉牙
- 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
- 掉diàoto fall; to drop; to lag behind
- 牙yátooth; ivory
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