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老司機

简老司机 · 繁老司機

Mandarin · pinyin lǎo sī jī

(coll.) an old hand at sth

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老: lǎo · old, aged; experienced; Kangxi radical 125
司: sī · take charge of, control, manage; officer
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机: jī · desk; machine; moment

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3–1–1 · lao3 si1 ji1

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noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 老 (lǎo), 司機 /司机 (sījī): experienced vehicle driver
(Mainland China, slang, neologism) old hand; veteran; insider

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