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股長

简股长 · 繁股長

Mandarin · pinyin gǔ zhǎng

person in charge of a 股 gǔ (section or department)
head
chief
director
(in a class in a school) student responsible for a specific duty, e.g. 風紀股長 fēng jì gǔ zhǎng discipline monitor

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股: gǔ · thighs, haunches, rump; share
長: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
长: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader

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3–3 · gu3 zhang3

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noun

section chief; subsection chief (cf. 股 ― gǔ ― lowest-level administrative unit, often translated as "section" or "subsection", ranked below 科 (kē))

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