指导员 (zhǐ dǎo yuán) — (military) political instructor in the People's Liberation Army; (general) instructor, advisor
Definition
In the PLA, 指导员 is the political instructor — an officer in charge of soldiers' political education and ideology, separate from the 连长 who runs operations. In civilian use, it simply means 'instructor' or 'advisor'.
noun
(military) political instructor in the People's Liberation Army(general) instructoradvisor
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 指导员，。Tā zài bù duì lǐ dāng zhǐ dǎo yuán, fù zé shì bīng de sī xiǎng jiào yù.He serves as a political instructor in the army, responsible for the soldiers' ideological education.
- 指导员，。Zhè wèi zhǐ dǎo yuán jīng yàn fēng fù, jīng cháng gěi wǒ men tí chū bǎo guì de jiàn yì.This instructor is very experienced and often gives us valuable advice.
- 指导员。Xīn lái de zhǐ dǎo yuán zhèng zài huì yì shì lǐ kāi huì.The newly arrived instructor is having a meeting in the conference room.
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