长官
zhǎng guān
Pinyin

Definition

长官
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zhǎng guān
  1. senior official
  2. senior officer
  3. commanding officer
  4. CL:位[wèi]
  5. sir (term of address for senior officer)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

guān yuán
  1. 1 official (in an organization or government)
  2. 2 administrator
guān fāng
  1. 1 government
  2. 2 official (approved or issued by an authority)
Shàng guān
  1. 1 two-character surname Shangguan
wǔ guān
  1. 1 five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳)
  2. 2 facial features
zuò guān
  1. 1 to take an official post
  2. 2 to become a government employee
pàn guān
  1. 1 magistrate (during Tang and Song dynasties)
  2. 2 mythological underworld judge
shēng guān
  1. 1 to get promoted
qì guān
  1. 1 organ (part of body tissue)
  2. 2 apparatus
Guān
  1. 1 surname Guan
guān liáo
  1. 1 bureaucrat
  2. 2 bureaucracy
  3. 3 bureaucratic
guān bīng
  1. 1 officers and men
guān si
  1. 1 lawsuit
  2. 2 CL:場|场[cháng]
guān chǎng
  1. 1 officialdom
  2. 2 bureaucracy
guān fǔ
  1. 1 authorities
  2. 2 feudal official
Guān dù
  1. 1 Guandu district of Kunming city 昆明市[Kūn míng shì], Yunnan
kè guān
  1. 1 (polite appellation for a guest at a hotel etc)
xìng qì guān
  1. 1 sexual organ
gǎn guān
  1. 1 sense
  2. 2 sense organ
zhǐ huī guān
  1. 1 commander
shōu guān
  1. 1 final part of a go game (see 官子[guān zǐ])
  2. 2 endgame
  3. 3 to finish up
  4. 4 to come to the final stage

Idioms (16)

加官进位
jiā guān jìn wèi
  1. 1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
加官进爵
jiā guān jìn jué
  1. 1 promotion to the nobility (idiom)
加官进禄
jiā guān jìn lù
  1. 1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
升官发财
shēng guān fā cái
  1. 1 to be promoted and gain wealth (idiom)
奸官污吏
jiān guān wū lì
  1. 1 traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption
官报私仇
guān bào sī chóu
  1. 1 to take advantage of official post for personal revenge (idiom)
官官相护
guān guān xiāng hù
  1. 1 officials shield one another (idiom); a cover-up
官私合营
guān sī hé yíng
  1. 1 public and private interests working together (idiom)
官逼民反
guān bī mín fǎn
  1. 1 a government official drives the people to revolt (idiom); a minister provokes a rebellion by exploiting the people
官运亨通
guān yùn hēng tōng
  1. 1 (of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom)
新官上任三把火
xīn guān shàng rèn sān bǎ huǒ
  1. 1 (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom)
贪官污吏
tān guān wū lì
  1. 1 grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption
赃官污吏
zāng guān wū lì
  1. 1 grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption
达官贵人
dá guān guì rén
  1. 1 high official and noble persons (idiom); the great and the good
铁打的衙门,流水的官
tiě dǎ de yá men , liú shuǐ de guān
  1. 1 lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. government officials come and go
高官厚禄
gāo guān hòu lù
  1. 1 high post and generous salary (idiom); promotion to a high official position

Sample Sentences

我认为我的协调能力过人,2006年时曾于外交部举办的【亚太情势研讨会】担任接待工作,于会前用英文与海外相关人士沟通,会议全程协助主办单位协调,研讨会最后圆满落幕,我也获得长官极高的评价。
wǒ rènwéi wǒ de xiétiáo nénglì guòrén ,èr líng líng liù nián shí céng yú wàijiāobù jǔbàn de 【yàtài qíngshì yántǎohuì 】dānrèn jiēdài gōngzuò ,yú huì qián yòng Yīngwén yǔ hǎiwài xiāngguān rénshì gōutōng ,huìyì quánchéng xiézhù zhǔbàndānwèi xiétiáo ,yántǎohuì zuìhòu yuánmǎn luòmù ,wǒ yě huòdé zhǎngguān jígāo de píngjià 。
I think my ability to coordinate makes me stand out. In 2006 I worked at the reception desk for the "Asia Pacific Affairs Forum" hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, using English to communicate with foreign attendees just before the forum. I also helped the hosts throughout with coordinating the event and when the forum came to a satisfactory end I was commended by senior officials.
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遵命,长官。
zūnmìng ,zhǎngguān 。
Yes, sir.
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长官,我已经查到三个可能的嫌疑犯,现在可以侦讯了。
zhǎngguān ,wǒ yǐjīng chá dào sān ge kěnéng de xiányífàn ,xiànzài kěyǐ zhēnxùn le 。
Captain, I've found three potential suspects, we can bring them in for interrogation now.