粵

遺wai4老lou5

simp遗老
wai4 lou5yí lǎo

English

  1. elderly loyalist of a former dynasty; former official who remains loyal after a dynastic change
  2. loyalist of a previous regime

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 仍然效忠滅亡咗嘅朝代嘅老人，通常本來有功名、官職在身

Examples

  • 前朝遺老

    loyalist of the previous regime

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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