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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
total / sum / aggregate
HSK 5
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
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
nightclub; nightspot
HSK 7-9
in short / in a word / in brief
HSK 7-9
generally speaking / to sum up / in summary / in short
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
vice-president
gross domestic product (GDP)
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
vice-chairman (of an organization) / vice president (of a company) / deputy governor (of a bank)
anyhow; after all; eventually
secretary-general
nevertheless
chief editor (of newspaper)
total value
governor-general / viceroy / governor
president (primarily used during the early years of the Republic of China, 1912-1928)
must / have to / be bound to
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
boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer
chief editor (of newspaper) / abbr. for 總編輯|总编辑
musical score
summary table
general rules; general principles; general provisions
general collection / anthology
commander-in-chief / top military commander for a country or theater of operations
in great abundance / numerous
computer bus
consulate general
vice-premier / vice prime minister / deputy prime minister
to sum up / all-inclusive
minister of state (old usage)
to assemble (the finished product); final assembly
altogether; in sum; in all; in total
altogether / in all
gross national product (GNP)
(military) General Staff Headquarters
low-level officer of the army from the Ming to the mid Qing Dynasty
(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
total population
(Tw) macroeconomics
head office; headquarters
(computing) Universal Serial Bus; USB
total output
(idiom) childhood friend
aggregate social demand / total requirement of society
finals (sports)
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
variant of 彙總|汇总
(idiom) childhood friend
to cut a long story short
handsome high-powered businessman (abbr. for 霸道總裁|霸道总裁)
a general overview
aggregate demand
(Tw) Prosecutor-General
main switch
terminus
aggregate supply
total profit / aggregate return
presidential term of office / presidency
archbishop / primate (of a church) / metropolitan
presidential election
inevitably there will be
gross weight / total weight
(Tw) club sandwich

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