老牛破车 in English lao3 niu2 po4 che1 Meaning

Meanings

• literally (word for word) old ox pulling a shabby cart (idiomatic expression)
• metaphorically slow and inefficient

Pinyin

lao3 niu2 po4 che1

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 破po4broken 车che1surname Che