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基层

jīcéng

grass-roots; basic level

Small workers at the bottom of a block pyramid with a red flag on top
Memory picture

Characters in this word

基 jī

Strokes
11
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
其 his, her, its, their 土 soil, earth
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 基

层 céng

Strokes
7
Radical
尸 — body, corpse
Made of
尸 body, corpse 云 cloud
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 政策能否真正落地,最终取决于基层干部是否理解其背后的治理逻辑。 Zhèngcè néngfǒu zhēnzhèng luòdì, zuìzhōng qǔjué yú jīcéng gànbù shìfǒu lǐjiě qí bèihòu de zhìlǐ luójí. Whether a policy can truly be implemented ultimately depends on whether grass-roots officials understand the governance logic behind it.
  • 他刚毕业就去基层锻炼,一干就是五年。 Tā gāng bìyè jiù qù jīcéng duànliàn, yí gàn jiù shì wǔ nián. Right after graduating he went to gain experience at the grass-roots level, and stayed for five years.
  • 公司的老板常去基层看看,听听一线员工的意见。 Gōngsī de lǎobǎn cháng qù jīcéng kànkan, tīngting yíxiàn yuángōng de yìjiàn. The company's boss often visits the ground level to hear what front-line staff think.

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