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都督

Mandarin · pinyin dū dū

(army) commander-in-chief (archaic)
provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD)

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都: dōu · dū · metropolis, capital; all, the whole; elegant, refined
督: dū · supervise, oversee, direct

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1–1 · du1 du1

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commander in charge of all military assets for a zhou; chief controller

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