Definitions
- 1. mechanism; gear
- 2. machine-operated
- 3. office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body
- 4. stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick
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Usage notes
Collocations
Often used in set phrases like 国家机关 (state organs) and 公安机关 (public security organs).
Common mistakes
When meaning 'office' or 'agency', 机关 is a formal term for government or institutional bodies; do not use it for a private company's office (use 办公室).
Example Sentences
1 shown他在政府 机关 工作。
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Words Containing 机关
the agency in charge of (e.g. a program); the relevant government body
public security bureau
civil service
judicial authorities
government (viewed as an organization)
official (government-operated) newspaper
machine-operated stage scenery
machine gun
machine cannon
if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in \A Dream of Red Mansions\ 紅樓夢|红楼梦[hóng lóu mèng])
locomotive
legislature
governing body of an autonomous territory
administrative authority
the press
to see through a trick
also written 輕機槍|轻机枪
also written 重機槍|重机枪
financial organization
(Communist) Party and government organizations