姜还是老的辣
jiāng​hái​shì​lǎo​de​là

the older the wiser

  • created sense approved 姜还是老的辣/薑還是老的辣 · jiāng​hái​shì​lǎo​de​là · the older the wiser — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    姜还是老的辣 / 薑還是老的辣

    jiāng​hái​shì​lǎo​de​là

    the older the wiser

    literally meaning "ginger gets spicier as it gets older"; used as a metaphor for how experience comes with age and older people are more capable or shrewd

    姜 (literal) → 姜/薑 · jiāng · ginger 还是 (literal) → 还是/還是 · hái​shi · still 老 (literal) → 老 · lǎo · old 的 (literal) → 的 · de · [possessive/attributive] 辣 (literal) → 辣 · là · spicy

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

    created sense