大员

大員
dàyuán
high official

CEDICT

  1. (historical, obsolete) Tayouan (a historical peninsula located in present-day Anping district, Tainan, Taiwan)
  2. Tayouan (a historical peninsula located in present-day Anping district, Tainan, Taiwan)
  3. high-ranking government official

Wiktionary

  1. 天。《淮南子．俶真》：「然后知圣人之不失道也，是故能戴大员者履大方。」也作「大圆」。
  2. 身负重任的官吏。

重編國語辭典

高级政府官员

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 大 dà
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 dàjiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
2 员 yuán
  1. (bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity
  2. (bound form) member
  3. classifier for military generals

Related entries

尚书 shàngshū
  1. high official
  2. government minister
显宦 xiǎnhuàn high official
高官 gāoguān high official
这些高官和富商的大四合院常常有精美雕刻并粉刷的横梁和柱子，并伴有精心修剪的花园。

The large siheyuans of these high-ranking officials and wealthy merchants often featured beautifully carved and painted roof beams and pillars and carefully landscaped gardens.

Source: Tatoeba

高级职员 gāojízhíyuán
  1. high official
  2. senior executive
上相 shàngxiàng
  1. photogenic
  2. (old) high official