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一官半职

yī guān bàn zhídictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(idiom) some official position (esp. a low-ranking one)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-44ff46f5525c400b. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

一官半職 一官半职 [yi1 guan1 ban4 zhi2] /(idiom) some official position (esp. a low-ranking one)/

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Other forms in these source records: 一官半職

  • 一
    yī

    one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

  • 官
    guān

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

    Guān

    surname Guan

  • 半
    bàn

    half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half

  • 职
    zhí

    office / duty

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