部 门 bù mén department / branch / section / division / CL:個|个[ge4] 支 to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions 枝 branch / classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc 专 科 zhuān kē specialized subject / branch (of medicine) / specialized training school 分 支 fēn zhī branch (of company, river etc) / to branch / to diverge / to ramify / to subdivide 网 点 wǎng diǎn (computing) node in a network / (commerce) sales outlet / branch / service center / (illustration) screentone / halftone dot 树 枝 shù zhī branch / twig 分 会 fēn huì branch 分 店 fēn diàn branch (of a chain store) / annex 分 部 fēn bù branch / subsection / to subdivide 枝 条 zhī tiáo branch / twig / stem 分 枝 fēn zhī branch 枝 干 zhī gàn branch / limb (of a tree) 支 公 司 zhī gōng sī subsidiary / branch 分 所 fēn suǒ branch (of a company etc) 枝 桠 zhī yā branch / twig 科 branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL:個|个[ge4] 枝 子 zhī zi twig / branch 丫 fork / branch / bifurcation / girl 梗 branch / stem / stalk / CL:根[gen1] / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from 哏[gen2], initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) / prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc) 沱 tearful / to branch (of river) 流 别 liú bié branch (of a river) / school (of thought) 书 记 shū ji secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party) / clerk / scribe 学 科 xué kē subject / branch of learning / course / academic discipline 分 公 司 fēn gōng sī subsidiary company / branch office 分 行 fēn háng branch of bank or store / subsidiary bank 政 府 部 门 zhèng fǔ bù mén government branch 慕 容 Mù róng a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 / nomadic people / two-character surname Murong 支 部 zhī bù branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party 行 政 机 关 xíng zhèng jī guān administrative authority / branch of government 分 校 fēn xiào branch of a school 枝 叶 zhī yè branch and leaf 宇 文 Yǔ wén a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1] nomadic people / two-character surname Yuwen 冷 门 lěng mén a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc) / fig. a complete unknown who wins a competition 斩 草 除 根 zhǎn cǎo chú gēn to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom) / to destroy root and branch / to eliminate completely 兵 种 bīng zhǒng (military) branch of the armed forces 行 政 院 Xíng zhèng yuàn Executive Yuan, the executive branch of government under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan 支 线 zhī xiàn branch line / side road / spur / fig. secondary plot (in a story) 开 立 kāi lì to found / to establish / to set up / to open (an account, a branch store etc) / to draw up (a certificate, receipt, prescription etc) 讲 学 jiǎng xué to lecture (on branch of learning) 副 处 长 Deputy Chief of Branch 嫁 接 jià jiē to graft (a branch to a rootstock) 分 社 fēn shè subdivision or branch of an organization / news bureau 契 丹 Qì dān Qidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liao River 遼河|辽河[Liao2 He2] 二 房 èr fáng second branch of an extended family / concubine 立 法 院 Lì fǎ yuàn Legislative Yuan, the legislative branch of government under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan 北 魏 Běi Wèi Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 / branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 一 枝 独 秀 yī zhī dú xiù lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom) / fig. to be in a league of one's own / outstanding 同 房 tóng fáng (of a married couple) to have intercourse / (literary) to share the same room / of the same family branch 岔 开 chà kāi to diverge / to branch off the road / to change (the subject) 摩 羯 Mó jié Capricorn (star sign) / northern people in classical times, a branch of the Huns or Xiongnu 匈奴 拓 拔 Tuò bá branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 / nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 / of the Northern Dynasties (386-534) / also written 拓跋 拓 跋 Tuò bá branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 / nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 / of the Northern Dynasties (386-534) / also written 拓拔 橄 榄 枝 gǎn lǎn zhī olive branch / symbol of peace 节 外 生 枝 jié wài shēng zhī a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom) / fig. side issues keep arising 支 书 zhī shū branch secretary / secretary of a branch of the Communist Party or the Communist Youth League / abbr. for 支部書記|支部书记 生 辰 八 字 shēng chén bā zì one's birth data for astrological purposes, combined from year, month, day, hour, heavenly trunk and earthly branch 折 枝 zhé zhī massage / snapped-off branch / sprig / to snap a twig (i.e. sth that requires very little effort) 技 术 处 Technical Branch 岔 子 chà zi branch road / setback / accident / hiccup 支 系 zhī xì branch or subdivision of a family 语 族 yǔ zú language branch 秃 发 Tū fā a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 / nomadic people 房 house / room / CL:間|间[jian1] / branch of an extended family / classifier for family members (or concubines) 站 station / to stand / to halt / to stop / branch of a company or organization / website 代 数 学 dài shù xué algebra (as branch of math.) 蟾 宫 折 桂 chán gōng zhé guì lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon) / fig. to succeed in the imperial examination 柯 tree branch / stem / ax handle 梢 tip of branch 岔 fork in road / bifurcation / branch in road, river, mountain range etc / to branch off / to turn off / to diverge / to stray (from the path) / to change the subject / to interrupt / to stagger (times) 桠 forking branch 蘖 new shoot growing from cut branch or stump 杪 the limit / tip of branch 本 末 倒 置 běn mò dào zhì lit. to invert root and branch (idiom) / fig. confusing cause and effect / to stress the incidental over the fundamental / to put the cart before the horse 剪 草 除 根 jiǎn cǎo chú gēn lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom) / fig. to destroy root and branch / to eradicate 金 枝 玉 叶 jīn zhī yù yè golden branch, jade leaves (idiom) / fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty 调 查 处 Investigation Branch 支 店 zhī diàn branch store 岔 流 chà liú branch stream 军 事 部 门 jūn shì bù mén military branch 语 支 yǔ zhī language branch 分 歧 点 fēn qí diǎn branch point / division point 大 月 氏 Dà yuè zhī the Greater Yuezhi, a branch of the Yuezhi 月氏[Yue4 zhi1] people of central Asia during the Han dynasty 蘖 枝 niè zhī branch stem 段 氏 Duàn shì a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑 / nomadic people 砧 木 zhēn mù rootstock (stem onto which a branch is grafted) 节 上 生 枝 jié shàng shēng zhī a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom) / fig. side issues keep arising 腋 生 yè shēng axillary (botany) / budding in the angle between branch and stem 党 项 Dǎng xiàng Tangut branch of the Qiang 羌 / ethnic group / ancient ethnic group who made up the Xixia dynasty 西夏 / 1038-1227 党 项 族 Dǎng xiàng zú Tangut branch of the Qiang 羌 / ethnic group / ancient ethnic group who made up the Xixia dynasty 西夏 / 1038-1227 图 书 馆 事 务 处 Library Services Branch 规 划 和 统 计 处 Planning and Statistics Branch 会 计 和 信 息 处 Accounting and Information Branch 信 息 和 外 联 处 Information and Outreach Branch 常 规 武 器 包 括 实 际 裁 军 措 施 处 Conventional Arms, including Practical Disarmament Measures, Branch / Conventional Arms Branch 常 规 武 器 处 Conventional Arms, including Practical Disarmament Measures, Branch / Conventional Arms Branch 对 外 关 系 和 联 络 处 External Relations and Liaison Branch 农 村 就 业 政 策 处 Rural Employment Policies Branch 法 律 、 研 究 、 环 境 和 转 型 经 济 体 处 Legal, Research, Environmental and Transitional Economies Branch 社 会 融 合 处 Social Integration Branch
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