minister to three emperors(sān cháo yuán lǎo)

minister to three emperors

Senior officials of the three dynasties, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s ā NCH á oyu á NL ǎ o, which originally refers to the ministers who were valued by the three emperors; now it is used to refer to the senior people who have worked in an organization for a long time. It comes from Zhang Di Ji, the book of the later Han Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Senior official: the senior official with the oldest qualification and highest reputation.

The origin of Idioms

"After the Han Dynasty, Zhang Di Ji" said: "Xing Tai Wei Shi Jie Xiang Hou Xi III reigned as the country's elder."

Idiom usage

To be formal; to be subject or object; to refer to seniority. example the hall of enjoyment was completed and several people stayed in it. At dawn, a plaque on the hall said: "~". Pu Songling's strange tales from a lonely studio

Chinese PinYin : sān cháo yuán lǎo