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Results for “吏”

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Exact character matches appear first. For otherwise comparable matches, frequency in film and television subtitles helps determine order. Direct English-definition matches and prefix matches also affect ranking. Word length and the availability of usage notes do not improve rank.

Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

吏lì

minor government official or functionary (old)

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吏治lì zhì

style of governing (of minor official) / achievement in office

吏胥lì xū

minor official

假吏jiǎ lì

acting magistrate / temporary official (in former times)

奸官污吏jiān guān wū lì

traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom) / abuse and corruption

官吏guān lì

bureaucrat / official

从吏cóng lì

minor official / to be an official

污吏wū lì

a corrupt official

狱吏yù lì

prison guard / jailer (old)

胥吏xū lì

low-level government official (in former times)

蠹吏dù lì

corrupt officials

贪官污吏tān guān wū lì

grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom) / abuse and corruption

赃官污吏zāng guān wū lì

grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom) / abuse and corruption

吏部Lì bù

Ministry of Appointments (in imperial China)

属吏shǔ lì

(old) subordinate / underling

故吏gù lì

(literary) former subordinate

Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27
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