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老式

lǎo shì · lao shi

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Meaning

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  1. old-fashioned
  2. old type
  3. outdated
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The old phone

  1. Dengdeng

    茶馆(cháguǎn)里(lǐ)有(yǒu)一个(yīgè)老式(lǎoshì)电话(diànhuà)！

    There is an old-style telephone in the teahouse!

  2. Liangliang

    这(zhè)种(zhǒng)老式(lǎoshì)电话(diànhuà)要(yào)用(yòng)手指(shǒuzhǐ)转(zhuǎn)号码(hàomǎ)

    With this kind of old-style phone, you turn the numbers with a finger.

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)转(zhuǎn)了(le)半天(bàntiān)，它(tā)还是(háishi)不(bù)响(xiǎng)

    I dialled for ages and it still does not ring.

  4. Liangliang

    老式(lǎoshì)电话(diànhuà)也(yě)要(yào)插(chā)电话线(diànhuàxiàn)啊(a)

    An old-style phone also needs its line plugged in.

  5. Dengdeng

    原来(yuánlái)它(tā)没有(méiyǒu)插线(chāxiàn)，难怪(nánguài)不(bù)响(xiǎng)

    So it is not plugged in. No wonder it does not ring.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)们(men)还(hái)有(yǒu)个(gè)老(lǎo)式(shì)电(diàn)视(shì)机(jī)。

We still have an old tube television.

Tatoeba: Chinese by wangzi0921 · English by CS · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)家(jiā)老(lǎo)式(shì)咖(kā)啡(fēi)馆(guǎn)保(bǎo)留(liú)着(zhe)几(jǐ)十(shí)年(nián)前(qián)的(de)装(zhuāng)修(xiū)。

This old-fashioned café retains the decor from decades ago.

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