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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
to sum up / to conclude / summary / résumé / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
altogether; in sum; in all; in total
HSK 4
president (of a country) / CL: 個|个, , , 屆|届
HSK 4
premier / prime minister / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 4
in a word / in short / in brief
HSK 4
chairman / director-general (of a company etc)
HSK 5
completely / totally / total / entire / overall / population (statistics)
HSK 5
at long last / finally / on the whole
HSK 5
total / sum / aggregate
HSK 5
general manager / CEO
HSK 6
general headquarters
HSK 6
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
(grand) total
HSK 7-9
total (amount or value)
HSK 7-9
generally speaking / to sum up / in summary / in short
HSK 7-9
in short / in a word / in brief
HSK 7-9
(military) General Political Department
parent company / head office
presidential palace
to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility) / person in charge; manager / (old) butler (of a rich family); chief steward
general mobilization (for war etc)
sum
to collect together / to add up / altogether
central exchange / telephone exchange / switchboard
total price
general matters / division of general affairs / person in overall charge
overall score / total points
to assume full responsibility / to be in full control / to monopolize
anyhow; after all; eventually
secretary-general
nevertheless
chief editor (of newspaper)
total value
governor-general / viceroy / governor
consul general
general office
(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)
gross product / total output
superorder (taxonomy) / catalog / table of contents
(often used in book or chapter titles) general introduction; overview
chief editor (of newspaper) / abbr. for 總編輯|总编辑
musical score
general rules; general principles; general provisions
general collection / anthology
commander-in-chief / top military commander for a country or theater of operations
consulate general
to sum up / all-inclusive
to assemble (the finished product); final assembly
(military) General Staff Headquarters
(military) General Logistics Department
general policy / overall guidelines
presidential system
(literary) children's hairstyle with hair tied into a bun on both sides of the head; (fig.) childhood
(military) Chief of Staff
the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office
(Tw) macroeconomics
head office; headquarters
total output
(idiom) childhood friend
finals (sports)
(idiom) childhood friend
a general overview
aggregate demand
main switch
terminus
aggregate supply
total profit / aggregate return
archbishop / primate (of a church) / metropolitan
presidential election
inevitably there will be
gross weight / total weight
(Tw) club sandwich
presidential election
overall tonnage (of a shipping fleet or company)
total costs
overview / to give an overview
total number of times
total energy
(acoustics) total harmonic distortion (THD)
head office / general office / central office
president of the association
front desk / reception desk
total return / aggregate profit
gross income
(Tw) club sandwich (variant of 總匯三明治|总汇三明治)
generic term
aggregate risk
overall target / overall objective
overall plan / master plan
total population
(flatworm anatomy) common vitelline duct, formed by the union of vitelline ducts and entering the ootype
general headquarters
general layout / site plan
must / have to / be bound to
general headquarters
general secretary (of the Communist Party)
stroke play (golf)

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