yuán lǎo

HSK 7–9

元老 (yuán lǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “senior figure; doyen; founding member; veteran”.

Meanings

  1. 1senior figure; doyen; founding member; veteran
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 元老

元yuán · currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)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

Related words

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