探長
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English
- (police) detective
- Formerly a rank in the Hong Kong Police Force, equivalent to Detective Inspector, responsible for leading criminal investigations. This rank is now obsolete, but the term "探長" is still commonly used in movies or fiction to refer to a police officer in charge of an investigation.
粵語 — Cantonese
- 以前香港警察一個職級，負責領導刑事偵緝工作；而家此職級已廢除，但「探長」一詞仍常用於電影或小説中，指負責調查案件嘅警官角色
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk