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外ngoi6長zoeng2

simp外长
ngoi6 zoeng2wài zhǎng

English

  1. foreign minister
  2. an abbreviation of 外交部長 minister of foreign affairs
  3. secretary of state
  4. minister of foreign affairs

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 外交部長嘅簡稱

Examples

  • 在海外長大的日本孩子雖然能說流利的日文,但他們回國讀書的時候,有時也會覺得難以適應新環境。

    Japanese children brought up overseas sometimes face great difficulty in adjusting themselves to Japanese schools after returning, even though they have a perfect command of Japanese.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, words.hk

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