"老佛爺" meaning in Chinese

See 老佛爺 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lou̯¹³ fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/, /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/, /lou̯¹³ fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/ Chinese transliterations: lǎofóyé [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄛˊ ㄧㄝˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], lou⁵ fat⁶ je⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], lǎofóyé [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], lǎofóye [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, toneless-final-syllable-variant], ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄛˊ ˙ㄧㄝ [Mandarin, bopomofo, toneless-final-syllable-variant], lǎofóye̊ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], lao³-fo²-yeh⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], lǎu-fwó-ye [Mandarin, Yale], laofor.ye [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], лаофое [Mandarin, Palladius], laofoje [Mandarin, Palladius], lóuh faht yèh [Cantonese, Yale], lou⁵ fat⁹ je⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], lou⁵ fed⁶ yé⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|proper noun}} 老佛爺
  1. (late Qing) A title of respect for Empress Dowager Cixi.
    Sense id: en-老佛爺-zh-name-LanpcSwi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lou̯¹³ fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/, /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/, /lou̯¹³ fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/ Chinese transliterations: lǎofóyé [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄛˊ ㄧㄝˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], lou⁵ fat⁶ je⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], lǎofóyé [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], lǎofóye [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, toneless-final-syllable-variant], ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄛˊ ˙ㄧㄝ [Mandarin, bopomofo, toneless-final-syllable-variant], lǎofóye̊ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], lao³-fo²-yeh⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], lǎu-fwó-ye [Mandarin, Yale], laofor.ye [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], лаофое [Mandarin, Palladius], laofoje [Mandarin, Palladius], lóuh faht yèh [Cantonese, Yale], lou⁵ fat⁹ je⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], lou⁵ fed⁶ yé⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: Phono-semantic matching of French Lafayette. Etymology templates: {{psm|zh|fr|Lafayette}} Phono-semantic matching of French Lafayette Head templates: {{head|zh|proper noun}} 老佛爺
  1. (usually used in compounds) Lafayette; La Fayette Tags: usually Synonyms: 拉法葉/拉法叶, 拉法葉, 拉法叶
    Sense id: en-老佛爺-zh-name-UVpIPYMi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /lou̯¹³ fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/, /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/, /lou̯¹³ fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/ Chinese transliterations: lǎofóyé [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄛˊ ㄧㄝˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], lou⁵ fat⁶ je⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], lǎofóyé [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], lǎofóye [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, toneless-final-syllable-variant], ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄛˊ ˙ㄧㄝ [Mandarin, bopomofo, toneless-final-syllable-variant], lǎofóye̊ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], lao³-fo²-yeh⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], lǎu-fwó-ye [Mandarin, Yale], laofor.ye [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], лаофое [Mandarin, Palladius], laofoje [Mandarin, Palladius], lóuh faht yèh [Cantonese, Yale], lou⁵ fat⁹ je⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], lou⁵ fed⁶ yé⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 老佛爺
  1. (archaic) A term of address and title for an empress dowager, queen dowager, empress mother, queen mother, or the like. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-老佛爺-zh-noun-RAHUGIyU Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 24 1 45 29
  2. (Buddhism, informal) Buddha Tags: informal Categories (topical): Buddhism
    Sense id: en-老佛爺-zh-noun-gIRIl-ll Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

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      "zh-pron": "lao³-fo²-yeh⁵"
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      "zh-pron": "lǎu-fwó-ye"
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      "zh-pron": "laofor.ye"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/"
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      "zh-pron": "lao³-fo²-yeh⁵"
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      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/"
    }
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  "word": "老佛爺"
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "lóuh faht yèh"
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        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ fat⁹ je⁴"
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ fed⁶ yé⁴"
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/"
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  "word": "老佛爺"
}
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        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We [do hereby] pay respect to Your Majesty.",
          "ref": "奴才給老佛爺請安。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "奴才给老佛爷请安。 [MSC, simp.]\nNúcái gěi lǎofóyé qǐng'ān. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A term of address and title for an empress dowager, queen dowager, empress mother, queen mother, or the like."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "term of address",
          "term of address#English"
        ],
        [
          "title",
          "title#English"
        ],
        [
          "empress dowager",
          "empress dowager#English"
        ],
        [
          "queen dowager",
          "queen dowager#English"
        ],
        [
          "empress mother",
          "empress mother#English"
        ],
        [
          "queen mother",
          "queen mother#English"
        ],
        [
          "like",
          "like#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) A term of address and title for an empress dowager, queen dowager, empress mother, queen mother, or the like."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese informal terms",
        "zh:Buddhism"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Buddha"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Buddhism",
          "Buddhism"
        ],
        [
          "Buddha",
          "Buddha"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Buddhism, informal) Buddha"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Buddhism",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎofóyé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄛˊ ㄧㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ fat⁶ je⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎofóyé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎofóye"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄛˊ ˙ㄧㄝ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎofóye̊"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao³-fo²-yeh⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎu-fwó-ye"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laofor.ye"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лаофое"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laofoje"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lóuh faht yèh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ fat⁹ je⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ fed⁶ yé⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "老佛爺"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese phono-semantic matchings from French",
    "Chinese proper nouns",
    "Chinese terms derived from French",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "proper noun"
      },
      "expansion": "老佛爺",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A title of respect for Empress Dowager Cixi."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Empress Dowager Cixi",
          "w:Empress Dowager Cixi"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "late Qing",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(late Qing) A title of respect for Empress Dowager Cixi."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎofóyé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄛˊ ㄧㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ fat⁶ je⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎofóyé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎofóye"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄛˊ ˙ㄧㄝ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎofóye̊"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao³-fo²-yeh⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎu-fwó-ye"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laofor.ye"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лаофое"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laofoje"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lóuh faht yèh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ fat⁹ je⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ fed⁶ yé⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "老佛爺"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese phono-semantic matchings from French",
    "Chinese proper nouns",
    "Chinese terms derived from French",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "Lafayette"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic matching of French Lafayette",
      "name": "psm"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic matching of French Lafayette.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "proper noun"
      },
      "expansion": "老佛爺",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Rue La Fayette",
          "roman": "Lǎofóyé Dàjiē",
          "text": "老佛爺大街/老佛爷大街",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Galeries Lafayette",
          "roman": "Lǎofóyé Bǎihuò",
          "text": "老佛爺百货/老佛爷百货",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lafayette; La Fayette"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Lafayette",
          "Lafayette"
        ],
        [
          "La Fayette",
          "La Fayette"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually used in compounds) Lafayette; La Fayette"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "used in compounds"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎofóyé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄛˊ ㄧㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ fat⁶ je⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎofóyé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎofóye"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄛˊ ˙ㄧㄝ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎofóye̊"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lao³-fo²-yeh⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lǎu-fwó-ye"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laofor.ye"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "лаофое"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "laofoje"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lóuh faht yèh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ fat⁹ je⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lou⁵ fed⁶ yé⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵ jɛ³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lou̯¹³ fɐt̚² jɛː²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "拉法葉/拉法叶"
    },
    {
      "word": "拉法葉"
    },
    {
      "word": "拉法叶"
    }
  ],
  "word": "老佛爺"
}

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