Měi guó Guó jiā Zhēn chá júdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
National Reconnaissance Office (of the United States)
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Original source entry:

美國國家偵察局 美国国家侦察局 [Mei3 guo2 Guo2 jia1 Zhen1 cha2 ju2] /National Reconnaissance Office (of the United States)/

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Other forms in these source records: 美國國家偵察局

  • 美
    měi

    beautiful / very satisfactory; good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself

    Měi

    (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Měi zhōu]) / (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Měi guó])

  • 国
    guó

    country; nation; state / (bound form) national

    Guó

    surname Guo

  • 国
    guó

    country; nation; state / (bound form) national

    Guó

    surname Guo

  • 家
    jiā

    used in 傢伙|家伙[jiā huo] and 傢俱|家俱[jiā jù] / home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[gè]

  • 侦
    zhēn

    to scout / to spy / to detect

  • 察
    chá

    to examine / to inquire / to observe / to inspect / to look into / obvious / clearly evident

    Chá

    short name for Chahar Province 察哈爾|察哈尔[Chá hā ěr]

  • 局
    jú

    narrow / office / situation / classifier for games: match, set, round etc / cramped; narrow

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