老大

boss; leader, eldest child, biggest, largest

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noun Common #2,833
boss; leader Informal: the person in charge of a group.
CH: 他是老大。
EN: He is the boss.

你老大是郭斌啊?

Guo Bin is your boss?

— 三峡好人 (2006)

谁叫我是你的老大因为手下求我,我才做的

Since I’m your boss and my underlings begged me, I did it.

— 鬼灭之刃:无限列车篇 (2020)

但当出现两个老大时坦白说

But honestly, when there are two bosses...

— 荒野大镖客 (1964)

是老大

Yes, boss.

— 黑社会 (2005)

我一定叫老大投你神圣一票

I’ll definitely get the boss to cast his sacred vote for you.

— 黑社会 (2005)

老大我们抓到了

Boss, we caught them.

— 红猪 (1992)

两个老大他们已拉拢

They've already won over the two bosses.

— 荒野大镖客 (1964)

我是她老大,烂人

I'm her boss, you jerk.

— 追击者 (2008)

老大是我,上报的却是他

I’m the boss, but he’s the one who gets to report it.

— 上帝之城 (2002)

我老大和龙根哥就这样算了?

Are we just going to let my boss and Brother Longgen off like this?

— 黑社会 (2005)

跟我们老大聊几句吧!

Have a few words with our boss!

— 英雄本色 (1986)

搞什么呀老大?

What are you up to, boss?

— 黑社会 (2005)

老是来抢我他们不知道现在这里有老大了

They keep coming to mess with me—they don’t know there’s a boss here now.

— 上帝之城 (2002)

你不用多说话了,这里没有老大的!

You don't need to say anything else—there's no boss here!

— 英雄本色 (1986)

告诉你老大

Tell your boss.

— 预言者 (2009)

遵命,老大…

Yes, boss...

— 鬼灭之刃:无限列车篇 (2020)

好的,老大

Okay, boss.

— 维多利亚 (2015)

你的喇叭实在贵嘛我不卖贵点哪有钱交保护费给你们这些老大?

Your speakers are really expensive. If I didn’t charge a bit more, how would I have money to pay protection fees to big shots like you?

— 无间道 (2002)

收到老大

Got it, boss.

— 再见列宁 (2003)

两个老大?

Two bosses?

— 荒野大镖客 (1964)

老大来了

The boss is here.

— 调音师 (2018)

我才是你们的老大

I'm your boss.

— 鬼灭之刃:无限列车篇 (2020)

他是老大

He's the boss.

— 天堂电影院 (1988)

老大亲自来了

The boss came in person.

— 雨水危机 (2011)

我讲错了一句话,得罪了那边的老大

I said something wrong and offended the boss over there.

— 英雄本色 (1986)

你看,他们终于知道我是老大

See, they finally know I'm the boss.

— 上帝之城 (2002)

你叫老大打给我!

Get the boss to call me!

— 黑社会 (2005)

老大,宋子豪他们在外面呀!

Boss, Song Zihao and the others are outside!

— 英雄本色 (1986)

立刻冲过去救老大

Rush over immediately to save the boss.

— 黑社会 (2005)

老大东莞仔刚刚回到香港去找火牛

Boss, Dongguan Boy just got back to Hong Kong to look for Fire Bull.

— 黑社会 (2005)

我是老大

I'm the boss.

— 黑社会 (2005)

没见过这么帅的老大?

Never seen such a handsome boss?

— 功夫 (2004)

老大在那边!

The boss is over there!

— 英雄本色 (1986)

我老大一定会找律师来保释我出去的

My boss will definitely get a lawyer to bail me out.

— 英雄本色 (1986)

老大,我今天准时吧

Boss, I was on time today, right?

— 窃听风暴 (2006)

我们就是下命令的我是这里老大看到没?

We're the ones who give the orders. I'm the boss around here, got it?

— 精英部队 (2007)

我怎向老大交代?

How am I supposed to explain this to the boss?

— 黑社会 (2005)

放轻松老大,

Relax, boss.

— 精英部队2:大敌当前 (2010)

老大我们已经没有目标了

Boss, we don't have any targets left.

— 流浪地球 (2019)

我跟了韩琛三年多以前跟过几个老大加起来也有十年

I've been with Han Chen for over three years. Before that, I worked for a few other bosses—ten years in total.

— 无间道 (2002)

宋子豪在台湾杀了我们几个弟兄现在被警方通缉老大怕他泄露我们的秘密

Song Zihao killed several of our men in Taiwan and is now wanted by the police. The boss is afraid he’ll reveal our secrets.

— 英雄本色 (1986)

老大我来了

Boss, I'm here.

— 上帝之城 (2002)

每个镇都有老大

Every town has a boss.

— 荒野大镖客 (1964)

我老大你的老板?

Is my boss your boss?

— 追击者 (2008)

是贫民窟的老大!

He's the boss of the slums!

— 精英部队2:大敌当前 (2010)

noun Rare #28,944
eldest child The oldest child in a family.
CH: 我是家里的老大。
EN: I'm the eldest child in my family.

这是我老大啦

This is my boss.

— 唐人街探案 (2015)

我是家里的老大

I'm the oldest child in my family.

— 乔乔的异想世界 (2019)

你有劝我这工夫你劝劝你家老大呗

If you've got time to persuade me, why don't you try persuading your boss instead?

— 热辣滚烫 (2024)

adjective Rare #28,945
biggest, largest Colloquial; often used to mean the biggest or most important among a group.
CH: 这几个箱子里,这个算老大。
EN: Of these suitcases, this one is the biggest.

东莞仔老大呀什么情况?

Dongguan, boss—what's going on?

— 黑社会 (2005)

老大!

Boss!

— 再见列宁 (2003)

如今我的硬币是老大

Nowadays, my coins are the boss.

— 印度有嘻哈 (2019)

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