船老大 in English chuan2 lao3 da4 Meaning

Meanings

• coxswain
• steersman
• boatswain (bo'sun)

Pinyin

chuan2 lao3 da4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

船chuan2variant of 船[chuan2] 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 大da4big