长老 (長老) zhǎnglǎo

  1. zhǎnglǎo noun an elder
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'zhǎnglǎo' 长老 n 1, p. 1238; Guoyu '長老'; Mathews 1931 '長老', p. 24; NCCED '长老' 1; p. 2056)
  2. zhǎnglǎo noun an elder monastic
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: sthavira, Pali: thera, Japanes: jōza, Tibetan: gnas brtan (ABC 'zhǎnglǎo' 长老 n 2, p. 1238; BL 'sthavira'; Edgerton 1953 'sthavira', p. 609; FGDB '長老'; MW 'sthavira'; NCCED '长老' 1; p. 2056)

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