Definition
次席 literally means 'secondary seat' and refers to the seat immediately next to the guest of honor or the person in command in a formal seating arrangement. In modern official titles, it can also mean 'vice-chairman' or 'deputy chief' (as in 次席检察官). The 'bamboo mat' reading included in some dictionaries is likely an error or an unrelated archaic compound; the standard modern sense is a position of secondary rank or a seating order.
n.
(formal) the seat next to the guest of honor or person in command(official title) vice-chairmandeputy chief
Examples
- 次席。Tā zài huìyì zhōng zuò zài cì xí.He sat in the secondary seat at the meeting.
- 次席。cì xí jiǎncháguān fùzé zhè qǐ zhòngdà ànjiàn.The deputy chief prosecutor is in charge of this major case.
- ，次席。Yànhuì shàng, cì xí shì liú gěi zuì zūnguì de kèrén de.At the banquet, the secondary seat is reserved for the most honored guest.
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