Taiwan authorities en · PROPN
Etymology
Calque of Chinese 臺灣當局 /台湾当局 (Táiwān dāngjú).
Meanings
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(Mainland-China, bureaucratese, especially, euphemistic) The sanctioned name for the government of the Republic of China (on Taiwan) without recognizing its sovereignty.
Hong Kong papers reported that the Taiwan authorities had held up the release of a film made here because the star's hair was too long.
1970 July 26, “LONG HAIR BARRED BY ASIAN NATIONS”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 May 2023:我们希望台湾方面仔细研究一下一九八一年九月叶剑英提出的九条方针政策的内容和一九八三年六月邓颖超在政协六届一次会议上的开幕词，消除误解。
1983 June 26, Deng Xiaoping, An Idea For the Peaceful Reunification of the Chinese Mainland and Taiwan, translation of 关于台湾回归祖国，实现和平统一的设想 (in Chinese), archived from the original on 06 Jun 2026:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| the Taiwan authorities | canonical | lexicographic |
Hypernyms
Synonyms
authorities in Taiwan · Taiwan side · Taiwanese authorities · Taiwan relevant side
Translations (8)
yue 臺當局 /台当局 (Translations) · yue 臺灣有關方面 /台湾有关方面 (Translations) · cmn 臺灣有關方面 /台湾有关方面 (Translations) · cmn 臺灣方面 /台湾方面 (Translations) · yue 臺灣當局 /台湾当局 (Translations) · cmn 臺當局 /台当局 (Translations) · yue 臺灣方面 /台湾方面 (Translations) · cmn 臺灣當局 /台湾当局 (Translations)