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老牛吃嫩草

lǎo niú chī nèn cǎo

5-character word

What 老牛吃嫩草 means

1. lit. an old cow eats young grass (idiom)
2. fig. a May-December relationship
3. a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman

The characters in 老牛吃嫩草

• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…
• 牛niúox; cow; bull
• 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
• 嫩nènyoung and tender; (of food) tender; lightly cooked; (of color) light
• 草cǎograss; straw; manuscript

Example sentences

• 老牛吃嫩草。
  Lǎoniúchīnèncǎo.
  Old women like dating young men.