Chinese Word: 老子 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

老子Polyphone (多音字)

Pinyin: lǎo zǐ

English Definition: Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, 道德经 by Laozi

Pinyin: lǎo zi

English Definition: father; daddy; "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt); I (used arrogantly or jocularly)

1		lǎo zǐ 老子 bù 不 chī 吃 nǐ 你 zhè 这 yí tào 一套！ I'll have none of your nonsense!
2		jiù 就 xiàng 像 lǎo zǐ 老子 céng jīng 曾经 hǎo xiàng 好像 shuō 说 guò 过 de 的， qiān lǐ zhī xíng 千里之行， shǐ yú zú xià 始于足下。 As Laozi might have said, sometimes the journey of a single step starts with a thousand miles in the opposite direction.
3		wǒ 我 rèn wéi 认为 lǎo zǐ 老子 zài 在 dì yī 第一 jié 节 zhōng 中 shuō 说， méi yǒu 没有 yán yǔ 言语 kě yǐ 可以 biǎo shù 表述 “ dào 道 ” 。 From the first stanza, I get the sense that Lao Tzu is saying that there is no real language that can truly describe The Way, as the Tao translates to.
4		zhè bù 这部 diàn yǐng 电影 zhōng 中 hái yǒu 还有 yī gè 一个 yǒu qù 有趣 de 的 jiù shì 就是 kǒng zǐ 孔子 yǔ 与 lǎo zǐ 老子 de 的 duì huà 对话 le 了。 Interestingly, Confucius was shown to have dialogues with Lao Tze (Laozi; Laocius), the founder of Taoism.
5		shì jiā móu ní 释迦牟尼 fó 佛、 yē sū 耶稣、 kǒng zǐ 孔子 hé 和 lǎo zǐ 老子 dōu 都 yào 要 sǐ 死 de 的， yǒu 有 shēng jiù 生就 yǒu 有 sǐ 死 ma 嘛！ Shakyamuni Buddha, Jesus, Confucius and Lao-tzu all had to die. Where there is birth, there must be death!

1		lǎo zǐ 老子 bù 不 chī 吃 nǐ 你 zhè 这 yí tào 一套！ I'll have none of your nonsense!
2		jiù 就 xiàng 像 lǎo zǐ 老子 céng jīng 曾经 hǎo xiàng 好像 shuō 说 guò 过 de 的， qiān lǐ zhī xíng 千里之行， shǐ yú zú xià 始于足下。 As Laozi might have said, sometimes the journey of a single step starts with a thousand miles in the opposite direction.
3		wǒ 我 rèn wéi 认为 lǎo zǐ 老子 zài 在 dì yī 第一 jié 节 zhōng 中 shuō 说， méi yǒu 没有 yán yǔ 言语 kě yǐ 可以 biǎo shù 表述 “ dào 道 ” 。 From the first stanza, I get the sense that Lao Tzu is saying that there is no real language that can truly describe The Way, as the Tao translates to.
4		zhè bù 这部 diàn yǐng 电影 zhōng 中 hái yǒu 还有 yī gè 一个 yǒu qù 有趣 de 的 jiù shì 就是 kǒng zǐ 孔子 yǔ 与 lǎo zǐ 老子 de 的 duì huà 对话 le 了。 Interestingly, Confucius was shown to have dialogues with Lao Tze (Laozi; Laocius), the founder of Taoism.
5		shì jiā móu ní 释迦牟尼 fó 佛、 yē sū 耶稣、 kǒng zǐ 孔子 hé 和 lǎo zǐ 老子 dōu 都 yào 要 sǐ 死 de 的， yǒu 有 shēng jiù 生就 yǒu 有 sǐ 死 ma 嘛！ Shakyamuni Buddha, Jesus, Confucius and Lao-tzu all had to die. Where there is birth, there must be death!