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挂帅

guà shuài

2-character word Traditional 掛帥

What 挂帅 means

1. to take command; to be in command
2. (fig.) to take precedence; to be paramount; to be given top priority

The characters in 挂帅

• 挂guàto hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead
• 帅shuài(bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful…

Words containing 挂帅

• 分数挂帅fēn shù guà shuàipreoccupied with school grades; overemphasis on test scores
• 金钱挂帅jīn qián guà shuàicaring only about money and wealth

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