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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 詞
幹部 word · TOCFL 5 (est.)
幹部 =
ㄍㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ · gànbù
noun — cadre; organizational official; party functionary

字源 FORM — what the parts do

trunk; to do, manage (幹部的幹)gànthe main upright shaft — the trunk that bears the load; by extension: to do, to work, to manage
section, division (部門的部)咅 (phonetic bù) + 邑 (city/settlement 阝) — an administrative subdivision of a larger settlement
幹部,幹勁的幹,部門的部。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

)是承重那根;(邑一個行政分段)是受重那塊——就是撐起每個門的那批人。
The trunk (幹) is what bears the tree's weight; 部 (邑 settlement + 咅 phonetic) is the assigned division — cadres are the load-bearing trunk inside each organizational section.
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