八大元老

baat3 daai6 jyun4 lou5

"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, namely 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2]{dang6 siu2 ping4}, 陳雲|陈云[Chen2 Yun2]{can4 wan4}, 李先念[Li3 Xian1 nian4]{lei5 sin1 nim6}, 彭真[Peng2 Zhen1]{paang4 zan1}, 楊尚昆|杨尚昆[Yang2 Shang4 kun1]{joeng4 soeng6 kwan1}, 薄一波[Bo2 Yi1 bo1]{bok6 jat1 bo1}, 王震[Wang2 Zhen4]{wong4 zan3}, and 宋任窮|宋任穷[Song4 Ren4 qiong2]{sung3 jam6 kung4} · abbr. to 八老[Ba1 lao3]{baat3 lou5}