"Authorities" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 dāng jú authorities
 guān fǔ authorities / feudal official
 dāng quán zhě ruler / those in power / the authorities
 zhǔ guǎn jī guān the authorities / higher competent body
 zhōng yāng central / middle / center / central authorities (of a state)
 shàng jí higher authorities / superiors / CL:個|个[ge4]
 shàng xíng (of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital) / (of river boats) to go against the current / to submit (a document) to higher authorities
访 xìn fǎng to make a complaint or a suggestion to the authorities by letter or by paying a visit
 bào àn to report a case to the authorities
 xiào fāng the school (as a party in a contract, dispute etc) / the school authorities
 jiē dào bàn shì chù subdistrict office / neighborhood official / an official who works with local residents to report to higher government authorities
 sī fǎ jī guān judicial authorities
 shàng jiǎo to transfer (income, profits etc) to higher authorities
 tóu àn to surrender to the authorities / to turn oneself in (for a crime)
 gōng jiǎn fǎ public security authorities, acronym from 公安局[gong1 an1 ju2], 檢察院|检察院[jian3 cha2 yuan4] and 法院[fa3 yuan4]
 bèi quilt / by / (indicates passive-voice clauses) / (literary) to cover / to meet with / (coll.) (since c. 2009) used before a verb that does not accurately represent what actually happened, to describe with black humor how sb or sth was dealt with by the authorities (as in 被自殺|被自杀[bei4 zi4 sha1])
 shàng dá to reach the higher authorities
 bào shī report the loss to the authorities concerned
 céng bào to report to higher authorities through layers of hierarchy
 zhōng guó dāng jú Chinese authorities
 shàng fēng peak / summit / (old) higher authorities / superiors
  International Association of Lighthouse Authorities
  Agreement on mutual administrative assistance between customs authorities
  Regional Network on Co-operation among Maritime Authorities
  Convention concerning the powers of authorities and the law applicable in respect of the protection of minors
  local authorities major group
  Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe
  Joint Meeting of Aviation Authorities and Operators
  Joint Aviation Authorities
  Day of Local Authorities
  Knin authorities
  Latin American Conference of Authorities on Information
  International Conference of Drug Regulatory Authorities
  Association of Insurance Supervisory Authorities of Developing Countries
  World Assembly of Cities and Local Authorities
  United Nations Advisory Committee on Local Authorities
  World Association of Cities and Local Authorities Coordination
  Regional Network of Local Authorities for the Management of Human Settlements / CityNet
  American Association of Port Authorities
  Practical Guide for Competent National Authorities
  Forum of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe for Urban Security
  International Union of Local Authorities
  Association of African Election Authorities
  Regional Seminar of Housing Ministers and Authorities
  International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities
  educational authorities
  drug-control authorities
  national command authorities
  Local Serb Authorities
  Advisory Meeting of Peruvian and Bolivian Authorities
  ASEAN Port Authorities conference
  Standing Conference of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe
  local government authorities
  Local Authorities against Apartheid Biennial Conference
 bào guān to report a case to the authorities (old)
 bèi zì shā a death claimed to be a suicide by the authorities
 bèi lu:3 yóu (coll.) (of a dissident) to be taken on a tour, ostensibly a vacation, but actually a trip organized by the authorities where one's every move is watched
 yīn yáng hé tóng a deal where the parties collude to sign an under-the-table "yin contract" 陰合同|阴合同 / as well as an ostensibly genuine "yang contract" 陽合同|阳合同 / in order to deceive authorities
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