廉署

Mandarin · pinyin lián shǔ

Meanings

  1. ICAC Independent Commission Against Corruption, Hong Kong
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廉
lián · upright, honorable, honest
署
shǔ · public office
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2–3 · lian2 shu3

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name

  1. (Hong Kong, law enforcement) short for 廉政公署 (“Independent Commission Against Corruption”); ICAC
  2. (Macau, law enforcement) short for 廉政公署 (“Commission Against Corruption”); CCAC

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