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資政

简资政 · 繁資政

Mandarin · pinyin zī zhèng

(literary) to assist in governing the country (used in titles of honorary advisory positions in imperial China)
(Singapore) senior minister (advisory cabinet position typically held by former top officeholders)
(Tw) presidential senior advisor (honorary title conferred by the president of the Republic of China) (abbr. for 總統府資政 zǒng tǒng fǔ zī zhèng)

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政: zhèng · government, political affairs
资: zī · property; wealth; capital

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noun

(historical or in modern Singapore, Taiwan) senior minister

verb

(literary) to help to administer a country

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