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提幹

简提干 · 繁提幹

Mandarin · pinyin tí gàn

to rise through the ranks (as a party cadre)

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提: tí · hold in hand; lift in hand
幹: Look up this written character
干: gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried

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2–4 · ti2 gan4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tai4 gon3

Cantonese word readings for 提幹. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

(Mainland China) to promote into cadreship
(Mainland China) to promote into cadreship — (Mainland China, military) to promote an enlisted personnel to commissioned officer

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