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稗官

bài guāndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(old) petty official charged with reporting back to the ruler on what people in a locality are talking about / novel in the vernacular / fiction writer / novelist
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-11797b61e06657ab. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

稗官 稗官 [bai4 guan1] /(old) petty official charged with reporting back to the ruler on what people in a locality are talking about/novel in the vernacular/fiction writer; novelist/

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Character information

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  • 稗
    bài

    barnyard millet (Echinochloa crus-galli) / Panicum crus-galli / (literary) insignificant / trivial / polished rice

  • 官
    guān

    government official / governmental / official / public / organ of the body / CL:個|个[gè]

    Guān

    surname Guan

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.