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政治委员

zhèng zhì wěi yuándictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
political commissar (during Russian and Chinese communist revolutions)
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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-4a514fe8021d5972. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

政治委員 政治委员 [zheng4 zhi4 wei3 yuan2] /political commissar (during Russian and Chinese communist revolutions)/

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Other forms in these source records: 政治委員

  • 政
    zhèng

    political / politics / government

  • 治
    zhì

    to rule / to govern / to manage / to control / to harness (a river) / to treat (a disease) / to wipe out (a pest) / to punish / to research

  • 委
    wēi

    used in 委蛇[wēi yí]

    wěi

    to entrust / to cast aside / to shift (blame etc) / to accumulate / roundabout / winding / dejected / listless / committee member / council / end / actually / certainly

    Wěi

    surname Wei

  • 员
    yuán

    (bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity / (bound form) member / classifier for military generals

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.