cì guāndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
undersecretary / secondary official
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Original source entry:

次官 次官 [ci4 guan1] /undersecretary/secondary official/

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Reference information

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  • 次
    cì

    next in sequence / second / the second (day, time etc) / secondary / vice- / sub- / infra- / inferior quality / substandard / order / sequence / hypo- (chemistry) / classifier for enumerated events: time

  • 官
    guān

    government official / governmental / official / public / organ of the body / CL:個|个[gè]

    Guān

    surname Guan

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.