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政治委員

简 政治委员 · 繁 政治委員
Mandarin · pinyin zhèng zhì wěi yuán

Meanings

  1. political commissar (during Russian and Chinese communist revolutions)
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政
zhèng · government, political affairs
治
zhì · govern, regulate, administer
委
wěi · appoint, send, commission
員
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员
yuán · member; personnel, staff member
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4–4–3–2 · zheng4 zhi4 wei3 yuan2

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zing3 zi6 wai2 jyun4

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noun

  1. (military, politics, chiefly Mainland China) political commissar

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政治委員 · zheng4 zhi4 wei3 yuan2
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Exact source record政治委員 政治委员 [zheng4 zhi4 wei3 yuan2] /political commissar (during Russian and Chinese communist revolutions)/