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把總

简把总 · 繁把總

Mandarin · pinyin bǎ zǒng

low-level officer of the army from the Ming to the mid Qing Dynasty

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把: bǎ · hold, take; guard; regard as
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总: zǒng · collect; overall, altogether

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3–3 · ba3 zong3

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