"administrative authority" Chinese-English Dictionary

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li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels syn
节度使 節度使 jié dù shǐ Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song
行政拘留 xíng zhèng jū liú to incarcerate sb for a violation of administrative law, typically for 10 days or less / administrative detention
dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn
quán authority / power / right / (literary) to weigh / expedient / temporary syn
地区 地區 dì qū local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL:個|个[ge4]
权力 權力 quán lì power / authority syn
官方 guān fāng government / official (approved or issued by an authority) syn
主妇 主婦 zhǔ fù housewife / woman of senior authority in a household / the lady of the house / hostess syn
通行证 通行證 tōng xíng zhèng a pass (authority to enter) / a laissez-passer or safe conduct syn
行政 xíng zhèng administration / (attributive) administrative / executive
权威 權威 quán wēi authority / authoritative / power and prestige syn
无权 無權 wú quán to have no right / to have no authority
香港 xiāng gǎng Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC (abbr. to 港[Gang3])
权限 權限 quán xiàn scope of authority / extent of power / (access etc) privileges syn
特区 特區 tè qū special administrative region / abbr. for 特別行政區|特别行政区
管理局 guǎn lǐ jú authority
无从 無從 wú cóng not to have access / beyond one's authority or capability / sth one has no way of doing syn
全权 全權 quán quán full powers / total authority / plenipotentiary powers
上交 shàng jiāo to hand over to / to give to higher authority / to seek connections in high places syn
职权 職權 zhí quán authority / power over others syn
辖区 轄區 xiá qū administrative region syn
分量 fèn liang quantity / weight / measure / (fig.) weight (importance, prestige, authority etc) / (of written material) density syn
大权 大權 dà quán power / authority syn
申诉 申訴 shēn sù to file a complaint / to appeal (to an authority, a higher court of justice etc) / complaint / appeal
澳门 澳門 ào mén Macao or Macau, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC (abbr. to 澳[Ao4])
威风 威風 wēi fēng awe-inspiring bearing / authority / power / imposing / impressive / majestic syn
越权 越權 yuè quán to go beyond one's authority / arrogation
省事 xǐng shì perceptive / understanding / (archaic) to handle administrative work syn
国家级 國家級 guó jiā jí (administrative) national-level
港务局 港務局 gǎng wù jú port authority
行政部门 行政部門 xíng zhèng bù mén administrative department / administration / executive (government branch)
课长 課長 kè zhǎng section chief (of an administrative unit) / head (of a department)
权柄 權柄 quán bǐng authority syn
领导权 領導權 lǐng dǎo quán leadership authority syn
招摇撞骗 招搖撞騙 zhāo yáo zhuàng piàn (idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure of authority syn
行政区 行政區 xíng zhèng qū administrative district
得势 得勢 dé shì to win power / to get authority / to become dominant syn
管委会 管委會 guǎn wěi huì administrative committee / management committee / abbr. for 管理委員會|管理委员会[guan3 li3 wei3 yuan2 hui4]
教职员 教職員 jiào zhí yuán teaching and administrative staff
科室 kē shì department / administrative division / unit (e.g. intensive care unit)
权威性 權威性 quán wēi xìng authoritative / (having) authority
专区 專區 zhuān qū area established for a designated purpose / (PRC subprovincial administrative region 1949-1975) prefecture
管理费 管理費 administrative charges
审判权 審判權 shěn pàn quán jurisdiction / judicial authority
支配权 支配權 zhī pèi quán authority to dispose of sth
令牌 lìng pái (archaic) wooden or metal token of authority / (fig.) decree / directive / (computing) token
淫威 yín wēi abuse of authority / tyrannical abuse syn
假公济私 假公濟私 jiǎ gōng jì sī official authority used for private interests (idiom) / to attain private ends by abusing public position syn
有权 有權 yǒu quán to have the right to / to be entitled to / to have authority / powerful
教职工 教職工 jiào zhí gōng teaching and administrative staff syn
受权 受權 shòu quán authorized / entrusted (with authority)
省级 省級 shěng jí (administrative) province-level
直辖市 直轄市 zhí xiá shì municipality, namely: Beijing 北京, Tianjin 天津, Shanghai 上海 and Chongqing 重慶|重庆, the first level administrative subdivision / province level city / also called directly governed city
多头 多頭 duō tóu many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment) syn
行政诉讼 administrative proceeding
地级 地級 dì jí (administrative) prefecture-level
科级 科級 kē jí (administrative) section-level
事权 事權 shì quán position / authority / responsibility syn
威权 威權 wēi quán authority / power / authoritarianism / authoritarian
令箭 lìng jiàn arrow banner of command (archaic used as symbol of military authority) / fig. instructions from one's superiors syn
行政管理 xíng zhèng guǎn lǐ administration / administrative management
管理委员会 管理委員會 guǎn lǐ wěi yuán huì administrative committee / management committee
发威 發威 fā wēi to unleash one's power / (of an animal) to go on a rampage / (of a typhoon, earthquake etc) to wreak havoc / (of a figure of authority) to erupt in anger / to assert one's dominance
特别行政区 特別行政區 tè bié xíng zhèng qū special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia
报批 報批 bào pī to report for criticism / to submit for approval to higher authority
宗主 zōng zhǔ head of a clan / natural leader / person of prestige and authority in a domain / suzerain
行政区划 行政區劃 xíng zhèng qū huà administrative subdivision
民航总局 民航總局 mín háng zǒng jú General Civil Aviation Authority
处级 處級 chù jí (administrative) department-level
行政法 xíng zhèng fǎ administrative law
市辖区 市轄區 shì xiá qū city district (county-level administrative unit)
阿巴斯 ā bā sī Abbas (name) / Mahmoud Abbas (1935-), also called Abu Mazen, Palestinian leader, Chairman of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) from 2005
归口 歸口 guī kǒu to return to one's original trade / to put (a business etc) under the administration of the relevant central authority / (the) relevant (department in charge of sth) syn
借势 借勢 jiè shì to borrow sb's authority / to seize an opportunity
特首 tè shǒu chief executive of Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong or Macao) / abbr. for 特別行政區首席執行官|特别行政区首席执行官 syn
行署 xíng shǔ administrative office syn
复辟 復辟 fù bì to recover one's power or authority / restoration (of a past regime) syn
水务局 shuǐ wù jú (municipal) water authority
高头 高頭 gāo tou higher authority / the bosses / on top of
放权 放權 fàng quán to devolve authority to lower levels syn
苏木 蘇木 sū mù sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine / administrative subdivision of banner 旗 (county) in Inner Mongolia (Mongol: arrow)
行政助理 administrative assistant
巨擘 jù bò thumb / authority (knowledgeable person) syn
局级 局級 jú jí (administrative) bureau-level
国子监 國子監 guó zǐ jiàn Guozijian, the highest educational administrative body in imperial China, in some dynasties also functioning as the highest institution of academic research and learning (Imperial College, aka Imperial Academy)
大拿 dà ná (coll.) man in power / boss / authority / expert
政务院 zhèng wù yuàn Administrative Council
行政公署 xíng zhèng gōng shǔ administrative office syn
政区 政區 zhèng qū administrative division
虎符 hǔ fú tiger tally (a two-piece object made in the shape of a tiger, used in ancient China as proof of authority. One half of a tally could be issued to a military officer and this would be matched with the other half when verification was required.) syn
僭越 jiàn yuè to usurp / to overstep one's authority
zhōu prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland)
thigh / part of a whole / portion of a sum / (finance) stock / share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1] / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions syn
banner / flag / (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗[Ba1 qi2]) / administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣|县[xian4] county / CL:面[mian4] syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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