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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

代理 [dàilǐ]
  1. 1. verb [暂时替代] act on behalf of
    代理经理
    acting manager
    代理校长
    acting headmaster
  2. 2. verb [委托] represent

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

代理 [dàilǐ]
  1. 1. act on behalf of somebody in a responsible position
    总经理病了,工作由他代理
    He acted for the general manager who was ill.
    代理厂长
    acting manager of a factory
  2. 2. act as agent (or proxy, procurator)
  3. 3. agency; representative
  4. 4. noun [Internet] proxy

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

代理 [dàilǐ]
  1. 1. 暂时替人负责某项事务
    局长职务暂时由老王代理
  2. 2. 受当事人委托,代表当事人在授权范围内进行活动、处理事务
    诉讼事宜由法律顾问代理

Examples

代理厂长
acting manager of a factory
代理领事
pro-consul
代理校长
acting headmaster
公司让我去外地做代理,明天就得到差。
诉讼事宜由法律顾问代理
厂家直销和产品代理相结合。
the acting chairman
代理主席

Word Decomposition


[dài]
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[lǐ]

nciku Note

代办 and 代理

代办 and 代理
dàibàn and dàilǐ

代办 sometimes is a noun and means “chargé d'affaires”, such as 临时代办 línshídàibàn.
代理 is a verb, which can be used with a noun to form an official title, e.g. 代理部长 dàilǐ bùzhǎng, 代理处长 dàilǐ chùzhǎng.

Both 代办(v)and 代理(v) mean “to do something for somebody else”, e.g.代办托运dàibàn tuōyùn (consign),代办邮购dàibàn yóugòu (undertake commission for a mail-order).
(1) 我不在的时候,一切事情都交由你代办
(2) 你身体不好,这个项目就交给我代办吧。

代理 is to do something officially for somebody else: that is, to be authorized to act for somebody else, such as in lawsuits, tax payment, commerce, etc.:
(3) 这家公司宣告破产之后,一切事宜由那个律师事务所代理

Moreover, the object of 代办 is business or work, while the object of 代理 can also be the post or position.
(4) 他委托我代办图书邮购的手续。

“代办”有时是名词,有其特定含义:一个国家以外交部长名义派另外一国的外事代表官员;或指派驻他国的使馆中,当大使、公使不在职时,在外事官员中临时委任的负责人员(叫“临时代办”。)
“代理”是动词,并可与名词构成表示一定职务的词组,如:“代理部长”、“代理处长”。
“代办(动)”和“代理(动)”都有替别人做事的意思。“代办”除了较特殊的“邮政代办所”以外,一般指替别人做较具体的事情,如“代办托运”、“代办邮购”。
“代理”则一般表示替别人做较正式的事,是指受当事人委托或授权,代表当事人正式活动,如诉讼、税务、贸易等。
另外,“代办”的宾语是事务,“代理”的宾语还可以是职务。

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