八大元老

1. • "the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, namely 邓小平 dèngxiǎopíng, 陈云 chényún, 李先念 lǐxiānniàn, 彭真 péngzhēn, 杨尚昆 yángshàngkūn, 薄一波 bóyībō, 王震 wángzhèn, and 宋任穷 sòngrènqióng
2. • abbr. to 八老 bālǎo

Character by character

• 八(bā)eight
• 大(dà)big
• 元(yuán)currency unit
• 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