| 八大元老 |
Bā Dà Yuán lǎo |
"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, namely 邓小平, 陈云, 李先念, 彭真, 杨尚昆, 薄一波, 王震, and 宋任穷 / abbr. to 八老 |
| 八 |
bā |
eight |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 元 |
Yuán |
surname Yuan / Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) |
| 元 |
yuán |
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first; original; primary / (bound form) basic; fundamental / (bound form) constituent; part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument; variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon |
| 元老 |
yuán lǎo |
senior figure / elder / doyen |
| 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 / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough |