八 大 元 老

Bā Dà Yuán lǎodictionary entry

"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, namely 鄧小平|邓小平[Dèng Xiǎo píng], 陳雲|陈云[Chén Yún], 李先念[Lǐ Xiān niàn], 彭真[Péng Zhēn], 楊尚昆|杨尚昆[Yáng Shàng kūn], 薄一波[Bó Yī bō], 王震[Wáng Zhèn], and 宋任窮|宋任穷[Sòng Rèn qióng] / abbr. to 八老[Bā lǎo]

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八大元老 八大元老 [Ba1 Da4 Yuan2 lao3] /"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]/abbr. to 八老[Ba1 lao3]/

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