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元老

yuán lǎo

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

元老 (yuán lǎo) means "senior figure; elder; doyen". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 元老 means

1. senior figure; doyen; founding member; veteran

The characters in 元老

• 元yuáncurrency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary…
• 老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of…

Words starting with 元老

• 元老院yuán lǎo yuànupper house; senate; senior statesmen's assembly

Words containing 元老

• 八大元老Bā Dà Yuán lǎo"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, namely 邓小平; abbr. to 八老

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