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  *總* | 總* | *總
(bound form) general; overall / to sum up / in every case; always; invariably / anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later / surely / (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理 or 總編|总编 etc
HSK 3
always
HSK 3
in a word / in short / in brief
HSK 4
completely / totally / total / entire / overall / population (statistics)
HSK 5
altogether; in sum; in all; in total
HSK 4
general manager / CEO
HSK 6
premier / prime minister / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 4
general headquarters
HSK 6
total / sum / aggregate
HSK 5
at long last / finally / on the whole
HSK 5
to sum up / to conclude / summary / résumé / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
president (of a country) / CL: 個|个, , , 屆|届
HSK 4
chairman / director-general (of a company etc)
HSK 5
president of the association
gross national product (GNP)
gross product / total output
Premier Zhou Enlai 周恩來|周恩来 (1898-1976)
head / director (of an organizational unit) / (police) commissioner / inspector-general / rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration
HSK 6
total / overall amount
HSK 6
nightclub; nightspot
HSK 7-9
gross domestic product (GDP)
sum
former president
in short / in a word / in brief
HSK 7-9
generally speaking / to sum up / in summary / in short
HSK 7-9
presidential election
front desk / reception desk
minister of state (old usage)
vice-president
vice-premier / vice prime minister / deputy prime minister
(Tw) macroeconomics
overall plan / master plan
total (amount or value)
HSK 7-9
General Administration of Customs (GAC)
boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer
to aggregate; to calculate the total / aggregate; total
gross domestic production (GDP) / total output value
former prime minister
(Tw) Prosecutor-General
total return / aggregate profit
chief editor (of newspaper) / abbr. for 總編輯|总编辑
overall target / overall objective
(computing) Universal Serial Bus; USB
to collect and summarize; to aggregate (data, reports etc)
(PRC) State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), former incarnation (until 2008) of 環境保護部|环境保护部
general rules; general principles; general provisions
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
head office; headquarters
general hospital
aggregate social demand / total requirement of society
general mobilization (for war etc)
total profit / aggregate return
general secretary (of the Communist Party)
(computing) file manager
(of streams) to come together; to converge / confluence; (fig.) compendium; (fig.) aggregation / (in the name of a shop) emporium / (Tw) club sandwich (abbr. for 總匯三明治|总汇三明治)
formal title of the Japanese prime minister
(Tw) Veterans General Hospital (used in the names of hospitals in Taipei, Taichung etc) (abbr. for 榮民總醫院|荣民总医院)
head office / general office / central office
generic term
to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility) / person in charge; manager / (old) butler (of a rich family); chief steward
general collection / anthology
lump-sum (finance)
altogether / in all
General Administration of Press and Publication (PRC state censorship organization)
aggregate supply
central exchange / telephone exchange / switchboard
nevertheless
musical score
main switch
president (primarily used during the early years of the Republic of China, 1912–1928)
All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU)
general layout / site plan
terminus
total energy
(often used in book or chapter titles) general introduction; overview
consul general
overall score / total points
gross weight / total weight
(computing) front-side bus (FSB)
All-China Sports Federation
total value
gross income
presidential system
finals (sports)
presidential election
GATT, the 1995 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC)
to assemble (the finished product); final assembly
overview / to give an overview
altogether; in sum; in all; in total
archbishop / primate (of a church) / metropolitan
headquarters / main administrative office
general policy / overall guidelines
vice-chairman (of an organization) / vice president (of a company) / deputy governor (of a bank)
(military) Chief of Staff
general office
inevitably there will be
cumulative total
total price
general counsel

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