老佛爷

1. • title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father
2. • nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后 cíxǐtàihòu

Character by character

• 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
• 佛(fó)Buddha
• 爷(yé)grandpa