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chauffeur; driver
HSK 2
bureau chief
HSK 6
commanding officer
HSK 7-9
judicial / (administration of) justice
HSK 7-9
a common occurrence (idiom)
HSK 7-9
master of ceremonies (MC)
driver-guide
two-character surname Sikou
minister of criminal justice (official rank in imperial China)
Judicial Yuan, the high court under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
priest
scone (loanword)
Ministry of Justice (PRC etc) / Justice Department (USA etc)
two-character surname Situ
minister of land and people (in ancient times)
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to take charge of / to manage / department (under a ministry)
commander
Stendhal
(Tw) judges and prosecutors
two-character surname Sikong
jurisdiction
judicial independence
“Methods of Sima”, also called “Sima Rangju’s Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书, written by Sima Rangju 司馬穰苴|司马穰苴
stoker (worker operating a coal fire, esp. for a steam engine)
pharmacist
Sima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司馬遷|司马迁
ancient Chinese compass
John Leighton Stuart (1876-1962), second-generation American missionary in China, first president of Yenching University and later United States ambassador to China
Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记, known as the father of Chinese historiography
Sima Yi (179-251), warlord under Cao Cao and subsequently founder of the Jin dynasty
SHIBA Ryotarō (1923-1996), Japanese author of historical novels
Scott (name) / Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), Scottish romantic novelist
judicial officer
to serve in the role of / (sports) to play as (midfielder, defender etc)
line judge (tennis etc)
lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom) / fig. an open secret
commander / officer in charge
headquarters / military command center
bus crew / driver and conductor
Observatory or Bureau of Astronomy (official title) from the Tang dynasty onwards
driver-guide
judicial authorities
(loanword) semaglutide – drug used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity, marketed under the trademarks Ozempic, Rybelsus and Wegovy
priest
(Tw) (loanword) stout (beer)
Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima
Sima Guang (1019-1086), politician and historian of Northern Song, author of Comprehensive Mirror for aid in Government 資治通鑒|资治通鉴
Sima Chengzhen (655-735), Daoist priest in Tang dynasty
Sima Zhao (211-265), military general and statesman of Cao Wei 曹魏
Sima Yan (236–290), founder and first emperor (265–290) of the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋, posthumous name 晉武帝|晋武帝
Sima Rangju (c. 800 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), military strategist of the Qi State 齊國|齐国 and author of “Methods of Sima” 司馬法|司马法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书


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