挂职

Traditional form:

掛職

Pinyin (reading):

guàzhí

Definitions:

• temporary assignment to a Chinese government or CCP post

Characters:

• 挂 - to suspend, to put up, to hang; suspense
• 职 - duty, profession; office, post

Traditional characters:

• 掛 - to suspend, to put up, to hang; suspense
• 職 - duty, profession; office, post