元老院

yuán lǎo yuàn

Dictionary entry

upper house

What does 元老院 mean?

元老院 (yuán lǎo yuàn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1upper house

2senate

3senior statesmen's assembly

Character breakdown

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元Yuánsurname Yuan · Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)老lǎoprefix 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 · old (of people)院yuàncourtyard · institution

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元老院

yuán lǎo yuàn

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