使者 shǐzhě emissary
emissary; envoy
How to remember 使者: 使 use + 者 specialist = emissary.
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How it is used
- An envoy / emissary / messenger - 和平使者 (hépíng shǐzhě) an envoy of peace.
- Someone sent on a mission to represent; also figurative: 春天的使者 (a herald of spring).
- More literary/ceremonial than 代表 (dàibiǎo, representative/delegate); 使者 implies being dispatched with a message or role.