老牛吃嫩草 in English lao3 niu2 chi1 nen4 cao3 Meaning

Meanings

• literally (word for word) an old cow eats young grass (idiomatic expression)
• metaphorically a May-December relationship
• a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman

Pinyin

lao3 niu2 chi1 nen4 cao3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

老lao3prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 牛niu2surname Niu 吃chi1to eat 嫩nen4tender 草cao3variant of 草[cao3]