青天大老爷

qīng tiān dà lǎo ye

my lord (respectful form of address for an official or a magistrate in imperial China)

青

qīng

abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province

天

tiān

day

大

dà

big; large; great

老

lǎo

prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity

爷

ye

grandpa