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Change log entry 59115
Processed by: ycandau (2015-10-26 16:37:46 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 56489 - submitted by 'richwarm' >>
- I don't think "gerontocracy" belongs in the definition.
- "old leadership" doesn't seem a very suitable expression. It's a plural term sandwiched between two singular terms.
There's no particular reason to give a plural form.

遙測的元老之一陳哲俊博士,
A.J. Chen of CSRSR was a pioneer in this technology.

連雲門舞集的多位元老舞者
founding members of the Neo-Classic Dance Company

導體界的元老
doyen of the ROC's semiconductor industry

一位造橋元老告訴我們,早期參加造橋的只有幾十個人
One elder says that in the early years only a few dozen people took part in the bridge-building,

除了少數幾位黨國元老
except for a few very elderly KMT elite

黨國元老于右任
Party elder Yu You-jen

日本國內元老
elder statesmen in Japan

革命元老
veteran Republican revolutionary

創會元老王黃碧
Wang Pi-pai, one of the Houston Formosan Evergreen Society's founding members

身為亞洲地區的元老政治家
As one of the most senior politicians in the Asian region
Diff:
- 元老 元老 [yuan2 lao3] /grandee/old leadership/chief figure (in a gerontocracy)/
+ 元老 元老 [yuan2 lao3] /senior figure/elder/doyen/
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