宰相

zǎixiàng
prime minister (in feudal China)

CEDICT

  1. (historical, government) Chancellor of State
  2. Chancellor of State

Wiktionary

职官名。我国君主时代君主的最高幕僚，为百官之长，历代名称不同。如秦汉的丞相、相国、三公，唐宋的中书、门下、尚书三省长官及同平章事。

重編國語辭典

辅助君主处理国政的最高行政官员

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 宰 zǎi
  1. to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc)
  2. (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge
  3. (bound form) to govern; to rule
  4. (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)
2 相 xiàng
  1. appearance
  2. portrait
  3. picture
  4. government minister
  5. (physics) phase
  6. (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features)
  7. to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)

Containing this entry

铁血宰相 Tiěxuèzǎixiàng Iron Chancellor, refers to Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, minister-president of Prussia 1862-1873, Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890
宰相肚里能撑船 zǎixiàngdùlǐnéngchēngchuán
宰相肚里好撑船 zǎixiàngdùlǐhǎochēngchuán

Related entries

相国 xiàngguó prime minister (in ancient China)
首相 shǒuxiàng prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)
首相解散了国会。

The prime minister dissolved the Diet.

Source: Tatoeba

丞相 chéngxiàng
  1. the most senior minister of many kingdoms or dynasties (with varying roles)
  2. prime minister
总理 zǒnglǐ
  1. premier
  2. prime minister

classifiers: 個, 位, 名

这是总理住的房子。

This is the house in which the prime minister lives.

Source: Tatoeba

辅弼 fǔbì
  1. to assist a ruler in governing a country
  2. prime minister
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