Definitions

1. 1. experienced in the ways of the world (idiom); worldly-wise
2. 2. sophisticated

Components

• 老 lǎo – prefix 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
• 于 Yú – surname Yu
• 于 yú – in
• 世故 shì gù – the ways of the world