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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	北叟失马	北叟失馬	běi sǒu shī mǎ	bei3 sou3 shi1 ma3	lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise; it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
2	黄童白叟	黃童白叟	huáng tóng bái sǒu	huang2 tong2 bai2 sou3	young and old (idiom)
3	杰弗里・乔叟	傑弗里・喬叟	jié fú lǐ · qiáo sǒu	Jie2 fu2 li3 · Qiao2 sou3	Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集 ; Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集
4	诳骗童叟	誑騙童叟	kuáng piàn tóng sǒu	kuang2 pian4 tong2 sou3	to swindle the young and aged (idiom)
5	老叟	老叟	lǎo sǒu	lao3 sou3	old man
6	乔叟	喬叟	qiáo sǒu	Qiao2 sou3	Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales 坎特伯雷故事集
7	叟	叟	sǒu	sou3	old gentleman; old man
8	童叟无欺	童叟無欺	tóng sǒu wú qī	tong2 sou3 wu2 qi1	cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously; Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.
9	野叟村夫	野叟村夫	yě sǒu cūn fū	ye3 sou3 cun1 fu1	an elderly rustic and an uneducated countryman (idiom)
10	野叟曝言	野叟曝言	yě sǒu pù yán	Ye3 sou3 Pu4 yan2	Yesou Puyan or Humble Words of a Rustic Elder, monumental Qing novel by Xia Jingqu 夏敬渠