厅长 | tīng zhǎng | head of provincial PRC government department | |
省 | shěng | to save / to economize / to do without / to omit / to leave out / province / (archaic) central government department | |
厅 | tīng | (reception) hall / living room / office / provincial government department | |
曹 | cáo | class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old) | |
大部制 | dà bù zhì | super-ministry system (reform aimed at streamlining government department functions) |