老佛爷

老佛爺
Lǎofóyé
  1. title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father
  2. nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后 Cíxǐtàihòu

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Homographs

老佛爷 lǎofóyé

Entry Composition

1 老 lǎo
  1. 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
  2. old (of people)
  3. venerable (person)
  4. experienced
  5. of long standing
  6. always
  7. all the time
  8. of the past
  9. very
  10. outdated
  11. (of meat etc) tough
=2 佛爷 Fóye
  1. Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 释迦牟尼 Shìjiāmóuní)
  2. His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee)
  3. Buddha
  4. God
  5. emperor
  6. in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后 Cíxǐtàihòu
=2 佛爷 fóyé
  1. (Buddhism) Buddha
  2. Buddha