委 员 长

wěi yuán zhǎngdictionary entry

head of a committee

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Original source entry:

委員長委员长 [wei3 yuan2 zhang3] /head of a committee/

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Other forms in these source records: 委員長

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
长
cháng
long / (bound form) length / (bound form) strong point / forte / (bound form) to be good at / (literary) surplus / spare (Taiwan pr. [zhàng])
zhǎng
chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance

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