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老佛爺

老佛爺

See also: 老佛爷

Chinese

 
old (of people); aged; venerable (person); outdated; experienced; (a prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or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)
trad. (老佛爺) 佛爺
simp. (老佛爷) 佛爷
Literally: “Venerable Lord Buddha”.

Noun

老佛爺

  1. (archaic) A term of address and title for an empress dowager, queen dowager, empress mother, queen mother, or the like.
  2. (Buddhism, informal) Buddha

Proper noun

老佛爺

  1. (late Qing) A title of respect for Empress Dowager Cixi.