坐镇(zuò zhèn): (of a commanding officer) to keep watch
(of a commanding officer) to keep watch
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- zuò zhèn
- Meaning
- (of a commanding officer) to keep watch
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- 坐鎮
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 坐镇 — tap one to open its word page.
to sit down
to take (a ship, plane etc); to ride (in a train or other vehicle)
sit-up (physical exercise)
lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep …
lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded
to reap where one has not sown (idiom)
to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
pedestal type WC
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