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老大不小

Mandarin · pinyin lǎo dà bù xiǎo

no longer a child (idiom)

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老: lǎo · old, aged; experienced; Kangxi radical 125
大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
小: xiǎo · small, tiny, insignificant

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3–4–4–3 · lao3 da4 bu4 xiao3

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