What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 机关 mean?

机关 jīguān

government office; agency; body

It can also mean

  • mechanism; gear
  • trick; scheme (as in 机关算尽)

Its characters

  1. 机 jī machine
  2. 关 guān to close

In a sentence

她大学毕业后一直在机关工作。 Since graduating from college, she has worked in a government office.

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