老佛爷
老佛爷
Lǎo fó yé
title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father; nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4]
Traditional: 老佛爺
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- title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father
- nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4]
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Related Words
佛爷(Fó ye)— Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2])
→安德海(Ān Dé hǎi)— An Dehai (-1869), the Qing equivalent of Rasputin, all-powerful court eunuch with the dowager empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4], executed in 1869 by her rival Empress Mother Empress Dowager Ci'an 慈安皇太后
→太夫人(tài fū rén)— (old) dowager
→娘娘(niáng niang)— queen
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