管理局 (guǎn lǐ jú) — administrative bureau; management office; government agency (for a specific sector)
Definition
noun
administrative bureaumanagement officegovernment agency (for a specific sector)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 管理局。Tiě lù guǎn lǐ jú fù zé quán guó tiě lù de yùn yíng hé guǎn lǐ.The railway bureau is responsible for the operation and management of the national railway.
- 管理局。Guó jiā lín yè guǎn lǐ jú fā bù le xīn de sēn lín bǎo hù zhèng cè.The National Forestry Administration issued new forest protection policies.
- 管理局。Tā zài zhè jiā guǎn lǐ jú gōng zuò le èr shí nián.He has worked at this administrative bureau for twenty years.
Origin
Compound word构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head
The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.
“管理” contributes the idea of managing, and “局” denotes an office, together naming an administrative office.
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