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Chinese
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old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
Buddha
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| trad. (老佛爺)
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老
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佛爺
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| simp. (老佛爷)
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老
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佛爷
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| Literally: “Venerable Lord Buddha”.
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
老佛爺
- (archaic) A term of address and title for an empress dowager, queen dowager, empress mother, queen mother, or the like.
奴才給老佛爺請安。 [MSC, trad.]
奴才给老佛爷请安。 [MSC, simp.]- Núcái gěi lǎofóyé qǐng'ān.
- We pay respect to Your Majesty.
- (Buddhism, informal) Buddha
Proper noun
老佛爺
- (late Qing) A title of respect for Empress Dowager Cixi.
Etymology 2
Phono-semantic matching of French Lafayette.
Proper noun
老佛爺
- (usually used in compounds) Lafayette; La Fayette
- 老佛爺大街／老佛爷大街 ― Lǎofóyé Dàjiē ― Rue La Fayette
- 老佛爺百货／老佛爷百货 ― Lǎofóyé Bǎihuò ― Galeries Lafayette
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