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bureaucrat

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

guan1 • guān

Meaning


Primary

bureaucrat

Alternatives

official, government official

Mnemonic


[gu-] Goofy is in [1] front of the [-an] pawn shop, trying to get in to buy some second hand dogfood. In front of the door stands a petty cat 官 bureaucrat who refuses to let him in until he fills out three different forms and stamps each one with his paw.

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