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政治委員

简政治委员 · 繁政治委員

Mandarin · pinyin zhèng zhì wěi yuán

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
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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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noun

(military, politics, chiefly Mainland China) political commissar

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