gōng gòng zhì xùdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
public order
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Original source entry:

公共秩序 公共秩序 [gong1 gong4 zhi4 xu4] /public order/

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  • 公
    gōng

    public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)

  • 共
    gòng

    common / general / to share / together / total / altogether / abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gòng chǎn dǎng], Communist party

  • 秩
    zhì

    (literary) salary according to rank / (literary) an official's rank / (literary) order / orderliness / (literary) decade

  • 序
    xù

    (bound form) order / sequence / (bound form) introductory / initial / preface

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