elder uncle

基本解释

My elder uncle Xiao Mingxiang often competed with my father, to see who could lift heavier.
二叔肖明祥经常和父亲叫劲，看谁举得更重。
So I followed the local elder uncle Yang to work and eat and live together with his family members, helping them together retrieve goods form their collapsed houses.
于是我就跟着当地的杨大柏和他们家里人一起干活一起吃住，帮他们一起挖被埋在倒塌的房子里的物品。
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At the beginning the uncle connects two elder brothers to walk and leaves her, probably is also the definition for giving up.
当初舅舅把两个哥哥接走，留下她，大概也是放弃的意思吧。