首长 (首長)
shǒu zhǎng
Pinyin

Definition

首长 (首長)
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shǒu zhǎng
  1. senior official

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

首
shǒu
  1. 1 head
  2. 2 chief
  3. 3 first (occasion, thing etc)
  4. 4 classifier for poems, songs etc
首页
shǒu yè
  1. 1 home page (of a website)
  2. 2 title page
  3. 3 front page
  4. 4 first page
  5. 5 fig. beginning
  6. 6 cover letter
回首
huí shǒu
  1. 1 to turn around
  2. 2 to look back
  3. 3 to recollect
榜首
bǎng shǒu
  1. 1 top of the list
聚首
jù shǒu
  1. 1 to gather
  2. 2 to meet

Idioms (18)

低首下心
dī shǒu xià xīn
  1. 1 to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
俯首帖耳
fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
  1. 1 bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient
  2. 2 at sb's beck and call
俯首称臣
fǔ shǒu chēng chén
  1. 1 to bow before (idiom)
  2. 2 to capitulate
搔首弄姿
sāo shǒu nòng zī
  1. 1 to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)
昂首挺胸
áng shǒu tǐng xiōng
  1. 1 head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits
  2. 2 in fine mettle (of animal)

Sample Sentences

针对日前发言遭媒体朋友断章取义，本人感到十分遗憾。但对于因此心理受到伤害的灾民，本人由衷道歉。当时的意思，是要请灾民以及我们第一线的同僚提出具体需求，而非消费灾民，本人既然身为地方首长，当然要与民众站在一起，希望能有具体作为。
zhēnduì rìqián fāyán zāo méitǐ péngyou duànzhāng qǔyì ，běnrén gǎndào shífēn yíhàn 。dàn duìyú yīncǐ xīnlǐ shòudào shānghài de zāimín ，běnrén yóuzhōng dàoqiàn 。dāngshí de yìsi ，shì yào qǐng zāimín yǐjí wǒmen dì yī xiàn de tóngliáo tíchū jùtǐ xūqiú ，ér fēi xiāofèi zāimín ，běnrén jìrán shēnwéi dìfang shǒuzhǎng ，dāngrán yào yǔ mínzhòng zhàn zài yīqǐ ，xīwàng néng yǒu jùtǐ zuòwéi 。
It pains me that my comments were taken out of context by the media, but I would like to extend a heartfelt apology to any flood victims who felt hurt as a result. At the time, I was asking flood victims and rescue workers on the front line to come up with actual demands. I wasn't trying to use the flood victims and as a member of the local leadership. Of course I should stand shoulder to shoulder with the public and do something substantive for them.
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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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