官
Guān
Pinyin

Definition

官
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guān
  1. government official
  2. governmental
  3. official
  4. public
  5. organ of the body
  6. CL:個|个[gè]
官
 - 
Guān
  1. surname Guan

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

官员
guān yuán
  1. 1 official (in an organization or government)
  2. 2 administrator
官方
guān fāng
  1. 1 government
  2. 2 official (approved or issued by an authority)
上官
Shàng guān
  1. 1 two-character surname Shangguan
五官
wǔ guān
  1. 1 five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳)
  2. 2 facial features
做官
zuò guān
  1. 1 to take an official post
  2. 2 to become a government employee
判官
pàn guān
  1. 1 magistrate (during Tang and Song dynasties)
  2. 2 mythological underworld judge
升官
shēng guān
  1. 1 to get promoted
器官
qì guān
  1. 1 organ (part of body tissue)
  2. 2 apparatus
官
Guān
  1. 1 surname Guan
官僚
guān liáo
  1. 1 bureaucrat
  2. 2 bureaucracy
  3. 3 bureaucratic
官兵
guān bīng
  1. 1 officers and men
官司
guān si
  1. 1 lawsuit
  2. 2 CL:場|场[cháng]
官场
guān chǎng
  1. 1 officialdom
  2. 2 bureaucracy
官府
guān fǔ
  1. 1 authorities
  2. 2 feudal official
官渡
Guān dù
  1. 1 Guandu district of Kunming city 昆明市[Kūn míng shì], Yunnan
客官
kè guān
  1. 1 (polite appellation for a guest at a hotel etc)
性器官
xìng qì guān
  1. 1 sexual organ
感官
gǎn guān
  1. 1 sense
  2. 2 sense organ
指挥官
zhǐ huī guān
  1. 1 commander
收官
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

知道呀，但他给我碰了个软钉子。说会跟领导报告，听起来就是在打官腔。
zhīdào ya ，dàn tā gěi wǒ pèng le ge ruǎndīngzi 。shuō huì gēn lǐngdǎo bàogào ，tīng qǐlái jiùshì zài dǎguānqiāng 。
Of course he knows. But he blew me off. He told me that he's going to report it to the boss, but it just sounds like a bureaucratic response.
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官方数据显示，它创下二零零八年十二月以来最高纪录。
guānfāng shùjù xiǎnshì ，tā chuàngxià èrlínglíngbānián shíèryuè yǐlái zuì gāo jìlù 。
According to official data, it is the highest on record since December 2008.
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诗经》与《左传》中都有冬月藏冰的记载，朝廷中有专门的官吏负责每年寒冬时凿取冰块存放在“冰室”或“冰井”里，等到盛夏时节再取出。
Shījīng 》yǔ 《ZuǒZhuàn 》zhōng dōu yǒu Dōngyuè cáng bīng de jìzǎi ，cháotíng zhōng yǒu zhuānmén de guānlì fùzé měinián hándōng shí záoqǔ bīngkuài cúnfàng zài “bīngshì ”huò “bīngjǐng ”lǐ ，děngdào shèngxià shíjié zài qǔchū 。
There are records of winter ice in the Book of Songs and Zuo Zhuan. A special official in the court is responsible for picking up ice cubes during the winter and storing them in the "ice room" or "ice well” for use in the summer.
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数都数不清了，新官上任三把火，他年纪轻轻，却雄心勃勃，就连我这个“饱经沧桑”的老员工，也很难协调好时间呢。
shǔ dōu shǔ bùqīng le ，xīnguānshàngrènsānbǎhuǒ ，tā niánjì qīngqīng ，què xióngxīnbóbó ，jiù lián wǒ zhè ge “bǎojīng cāngsāng ”de lǎo yuángōng ，yě hěn nán xiétiáo hǎo shíjiān ne 。
Countless times, the new boss is young and ambitious who wants to accomplish major achievements. Even an experienced worker like myself with vicissitudes of life find it hard to adapt and adjust to the time.
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新官上任三把火，你被烧到了吗？
xīnguānshàngrènsānbǎhuǒ ，nǐ bèi shāo dào le ma ？
A new broom sweeps clean, were you swept?
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第一：沙特官方媒体当天早些时候报道，沙特对美国把伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队列为恐怖组织表示欢迎。
dìyī ：Shātè guānfāng méitǐ dāngtiān zǎoxiē shíhou bàodào ，Shātè duì Měiguó bǎ Yīlǎng Yīsīlán gémìng wèiduì lièwéi kǒngbùzǔzhī biǎoshì huānyíng 。
1:Saudi official media reported earlier that day, Saudi Arabia welcomes Unite States move to make Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a foreign terrorist organization.
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这场官司我们一定要打赢，绝对不能输。不是鱼死，就是网破。
zhè chǎng guānsi wǒmen yīdìng yào dǎ yíng ，juéduì bùnéng shū 。bùshìyúsǐ,jiùshìwǎngpò 。
We must win this lawsuit. We can’t lose. The winner is either you or me.
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美国总统唐纳德·特朗普18日和苹果公司首席执行官蒂姆·库克会晤。
Měiguó zǒngtǒng Tángnàdé ·Tèlǎngpǔ rì hé PíngguǒGōngsī shǒuxízhíxíngguān dìmǔ ·Kùkè huìwù 。
Second: US President Donald Trump met with Apple CEO Tim Cook on the 18th.
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第七：卡瓦诺在性侵指控声中通过最高法院大法官提名。
dìqī ：kǎwǎnuò zài xìngqīn zhǐkòng shēng zhōng tōngguò zuìgāofǎyuàn dàfǎguān tímíng 。
7. Kavanaugh was confirmed by the Senate as a Supreme Court justice in midst of sexual assault accusations.
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卡瓦诺虽然受到一些女性的性侵指控，但他还是在十月六日当上了最高法院大法官。
kǎwǎnuò suīrán shòudào yīxiē nǚxìng de xìngqīn zhǐkòng ，dàn tā háishi zài Shíyuè liùrì dāngshang le zuìgāofǎyuàn dàfǎguān 。
Despite the sexual-assault allegations against Kavanaugh, he was still sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice on October 6。
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