八大元老 in English Ba1 Da4 Yuan2 lao3 Meaning

Meanings

• "the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, namely 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2], 陳雲|陈云[Chen2 Yun2], 李先念[Li3 Xian1 nian4], 彭真[Peng2 Zhen1], 楊尚昆|杨尚昆[Yang2 Shang4 kun1], 薄一波[Bo2 Yi1 bo1], 王震[Wang2 Zhen4], and 宋任窮|宋任穷[Song4 Ren4 qiong2]
• abbreviation to 八老[Ba1 lao3]

Pinyin

Ba1 Da4 Yuan2 lao3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

八ba1eight 大da4big 元yuan2surname Yuan 老lao3prefix 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