姜是老的辣
jiāng​shì​lǎo​de​là

the older the wiser

  • created sense approved 姜是老的辣/薑是老的辣 · jiāng​shì​lǎo​de​là · the older the wiser — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    姜是老的辣 / 薑是老的辣

    jiāng​shì​lǎo​de​là

    the older the wiser

    ginger gets spicier as it gets older; describes how older people have more experience and are more sophisticated or skillful in handling affairs

    姜 (literal) → 姜/薑 · jiāng · ginger 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · to be 老 (literal) → 老 · lǎo · tough 的 (bound) → 的 · de · [possessive/attributive] 辣 (literal) → 辣 · là · spicy

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense