公派

gōngpài
to send sb abroad at the government's expense

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 公 gōng
  1. public
  2. collectively owned
  3. common
  4. international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar)
  5. make public
  6. fair
  7. just
  8. Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 wǔděngjuéwèi
  9. honorable (gentlemen)
  10. father-in-law
  11. male (animal)
2 派 pài
  1. (literary) tributary; branch of a river
  2. clique; school; group; faction
  3. (bound form) style; manner
  4. to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb)
  5. classifier for factions, groups etc
  6. (preceded by 一 yī) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc
  7. (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159...
  8. (loanword) pie