Chinese Word of the Day

政治家
zhèng zhì jiā

politician

Definitions

Chinese > English
政治家	zhèngzhìjiā
1. n. politician
政治家可信嗎？ - Can politicians be trusted?
English > Chinese
politician
1. 政治家
Components
政	zhèng
1. government; political power
政府 - government
2. regulation; rule; decree
3. politics; political affairs
政治 - politics
4. administrative affairs of governmental departments, families or organisations
治	zhì, chí
1. to govern; to regulate; to administer
2. to treat; to cure (disease)
3. to exterminate; to kill
4. to punish; to discipline; to teach someone a lesson
哎-呦you！可有人治-治zhi 這.個賤貨了！ - Ah! Finally there is someone to teach this nasty person a lesson!
5. to research; to specialise in (a topic)
6. socially stable
7. (historical) seat of a local government
8. political affairs
9. (Ancient river name.)
10. (Cantonese) Short for 三文治, sandwich, tr=-
腿蛋daan6-2 治 - ham and egg sandwich
家	jiā, jia
1. Simplified form of 傢
2. Only used in 大家#Pronunciation 3 (大家, tr=dàgū)
傢	jiā
1. stubborn, obstinate, intransigent
2. Variant of 像
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