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当局

dāng jú

2-character word Traditional 當局

What 当局 means

1. authorities

The characters in 当局

• 当dāng(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)
• 局júnarrow

Example sentences

• 当局者迷。
  You can't see the forest behind the trees.
• 旁观者清，当局者迷。
  Pángguānzhě qīng, dāngjúzhě mí.
  The authorities have no clue, but everyone else knows.
• 必须获得有关当局的批准才能进入这座建筑物。
  Bìxū huòdé yǒuguān dāngjú de pīzhǔn cáinéng jìnrù zhè zuò jiànzhùwù.
  It is necessary to obtain the sanction of the authorities to enter this building.
• 中国的卫生当局正在采取措施来阻止冠状病毒的传播。
  Zhōngguó de wèishēng dāngjú zhèngzài cǎiqǔ cuòshī lái zǔzhǐ guānzhuàng bìngdú de chuánbō.
  China's health authorities are taking steps to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
• 当局在疫情之初几乎没有透露关于新型冠状病毒的有用信息。
  Dāngjú zài yìqíng zhī chū jīhū méiyǒu tòulù guānyú xīnxíng guānzhuàng bìngdú de yǒuyòng xìnxī.
  The authorities disclosed little useful information about the spread of COVID-19 at the beginning of the outbreak.
• 事故双方的说法相差太大，当局难以判断哪一方说的是实话。
  The discrepancy between the stories of the two parties involved in the accident was so great that the authorities had a hard time deciding which side was telling the truth.

Words starting with 当局

• 当局者迷，旁观者清dāng jú zhě mí , páng guān zhě qīng(idiom) an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved