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老母

lǎo mǔ

2-character word

What 老母 means

1. colloquialmother; mom
2. literaryelderly mother

The characters in 老母

• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
• 母mǔmother; elderly female relative; origin

Sounds the same

Read lǎo mǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 老姥old lady; (old woman's self-reference) I, me

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