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話事人

简话事人 · 繁話事人

Mandarin · pinyin huà shì rén

(coll.) (from Cantonese) the boss; the big cheese; the top dog

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話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
事: shì · affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect

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4–4–2 · hua4 shi4 ren2

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noun

(originally Cantonese) person in charge; boss; chief

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