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surname Ban

team / class / squad / work shift / ranking / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles

Kangxi radical 18 (刀[dao1]) as a vertical side element / see also 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2] / see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]

king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great

to rule / to reign over

to go to work / to be on duty / to start work / to go to the office

to finish work / to get off work

to start and finish work

office workers (as social group)

to hand over to the next workshift

three-shift system (work rostering)

to change shift

(Tw) to take over sb's job / to substitute for

rush hour

working hours; office hours