官僚 (guān liáo) — bureaucrat (a government official, often with negative implication); bureaucracy (the system or structure of government administration)
Definition
A 'bureaucrat' or 'bureaucracy' with a negative slant — implying rigid, self-serving officials, not a neutral civil servant like 公务员. Also functions as 'bureaucratic' (e.g. 官僚作风 'bureaucratic style').
noun
bureaucrat (a government official, often with negative implication)bureaucracy (the system or structure of government administration)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 官僚。Zhè ge guān liáo zhī guān xīn zì jǐ de lì yì.This bureaucrat only cares about his own interests.
- 官僚，。guān liáo Zhì dù xiào lǜ dī xià, xū yào gǎi gé.The bureaucratic system is inefficient and needs reform.
- 官僚。Tā de guān liáo zuò fēng ràng xià shǔ hěn fǎn gǎn.His bureaucratic style makes his subordinates very resentful.
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