第一把手

dì yī bǎ shǒu

Dictionary entry

the person in charge

What does 第一把手 mean?

第一把手 (dì yī bǎ shǒu) has the following dictionary meaning.

1the person in charge

2the head of the leadership group

Character breakdown

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第dì(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth") · (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed 一yīone · single 把bǎto hold; to grasp · to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate 手shǒuhand · (formal) to hold

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第一把手

dì yī bǎ shǒu

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