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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old (of people); aged; venerable (person); outdated; experienced; (a prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or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)
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| trad. (老佛爺) | 老 | 佛爺 | |
| simp. (老佛爷) | 老 | 佛爷 | |
| Literally: “Venerable Lord Buddha”. | |||
Noun
老佛爺
- (archaic) A term of address and title for an empress dowager, queen dowager, empress mother, queen mother, or the like.
- (Buddhism, informal) Buddha
Proper noun
老佛爺
- (late Qing) A title of respect for Empress Dowager Cixi.