审批 shěnpī to examine and approve
to examine and approve; to endorse
How to remember 审批: 审 to examine + 批 criticize = to examine and approve.
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How it is used
- To examine and grant approval, said of applications passing up an administrative chain - 项目已获审批 (xiàngmù yǐ huò shěnpī) the project has been approved.
- Bureaucratic register: permits, budgets, applications reviewed by an authority. 审批手续 = approval procedures.
- Focus is the official green-light on a request; contrast 审查 which is scrutiny without necessarily deciding.