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官员 (官員)

guān yuán

Pinyin

Definition

官员 (官員)

guān yuán

official (in an organization or government)
administrator

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

官员

guān yuán

1 official (in an organization or government)
2 administrator

官方

guān fāng

1 government
2 official (approved or issued by an authority)

上官

Shàng guān

1 two-character surname Shangguan

五官

wǔ guān

1 five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳)
2 facial features

做官

zuò guān

1 to take an official post
2 to become a government employee

Idioms (16)

加官进位

jiā guān jìn wèi

1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)

加官进爵

jiā guān jìn jué

1 promotion to the nobility (idiom)

加官进禄

jiā guān jìn lù

1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)

升官发财

shēng guān fā cái

1 to be promoted and gain wealth (idiom)

奸官污吏

jiān guān wū lì

1 traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption

Sample Sentences

巴西国家博物馆日前遭大火损毁，但博物馆官员四日说，从灰烬中找回的物体碎片为挽救古人类头骨等馆藏珍品带来希望。

Bāxī guójiābówùguǎn rìqián zāo dàhuǒ sǔnhuǐ ，dàn bówùguǎn guānyuán sìrì shuō ，cóng huījìn zhōng zhǎohuí de wùtǐ suìpiàn wèi wǎnjiù gǔrénlèi tóugǔ děng guǎncáng zhēnpǐn dàilái xīwàng 。

The National Museum of Brazil was destroyed by fire yesterday, but museum officials said on the 4th that the fragments of objects recovered from the ashes brought hope to them that they may be able to salvage valuables such as ancient human skulls.

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巴西政府官员三日宣布，资助国博二百四十万美元，用于重建。

Bāxī zhèngfǔ guānyuán sānrì xuānbù ，zīzhù guóbó èr bǎi sìshí wàn Měiyuán ，yòngyú chóngjiàn 。

Brazilian government officials announced on the 3rd that they would fund US$2.4 million for reconstruction of the museum.

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屈原本来是楚国的重要官员，后来因为被奸臣陷害，得罪了楚王，就被放逐到了汉水以北的地方。

Qū Yuán běnlái shì Chǔguó de zhòngyào guānyuán ，hòulái yīnwèi bèi jiānchén xiànhài ，dézuì le Chǔ wáng ，jiù bèi fàngzhú dào le hànshuǐ yǐběide dìfang 。

Qu Yuan was an very important official in the state of Chu. He was later framed by treacherous state officials and ended up offending the king. He was then banished to the northern regions of the Han River.

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官员又失言，日前地方首长视察水灾受灾地区时，一句“叫我来能做什么？”引起轩然大波，网民纷纷上网留言，表示应该选他为“年度最诚实官员”，今天稍早，于县府召开记者会，我们来看看现场的画面。

guānyuán yòu shīyán ，rìqián dìfang shǒucháng shìchá shuǐzāi shòuzāi dìqū shí ，yī jù “jiào wǒ lái néng zuò shénme ？”yǐnqǐ xuānrándàbō ，wǎngmín fēnfēn shàngwǎng liúyán ，biǎoshì yīnggāi xuǎn tā wèi “niándù zuì chéngshí guānyuán ”，jīntiān shāozǎo ，yú xiànfǔ zhàokāi jìzhěhuì ，wǒmen lái kàn kan xiànchǎng de huàmiàn 。

Another official has been shooting his mouth off recently, with the line "What did you expect me to be able to do when you asked me to come here?" whilst visiting an area affected by floods creating a storm of comments online, with netizens saying that he should be voted the most honest official of the year. Let's have a look at the press conference called by the county government.

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这就是典型的“置百姓死生于度外“，这些政府官员哪里懂得民间疾苦啊？

zhè jiùshì diǎnxíng de “zhì bǎixìng sǐ shēng yú dùwài “，zhèxiē zhèngfǔ guānyuán nǎli dǒngde mínjiān jíkǔ ā ？

This is a real classic case of "not caring about the lives of the public". It just shows how little these government officials understand the difficulties faced by the public.

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很多公司做生意的时候会给官员一点好处。

hěn duō gōngsī zuò shēngyi de shíhou huì gěi guānyuán yīdiǎn hǎochu 。

When many companies do business, they'll give government officials a bit of a “benefit”.

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有的官员可能会利用他们的权力来赚钱。

yǒude guānyuán kěnéng huì lìyòng tāmen de quánlì lái zhuànqián 。

Some officials might use their power to make money.

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中国的官员都很有权力。

Zhōngguó de guānyuán dōu hěn yǒu quánlì 。

Chinese government officials all have power.