Chinese–English
大爷
dà yé · da ye/dà ye · da ye
Traditional 大爺
Meaning
CC-CEDICTdà yé 大爺
- arrogant idler
- self-centered show-off
dà ye 大爺
- (coll.) father's older brother
- uncle
- term of respect for older man
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