从吏
cóng lì
Pinyin

Definition

从吏
 - 
cóng lì
  1. minor official
  2. to be an official

Character Decomposition

Related Words (4)

污吏
wū lì
  1. 1 a corrupt official
吏治
lì zhì
  1. 1 style of governing (of minor official)
  2. 2 achievement in office
官吏
guān lì
  1. 1 bureaucrat
  2. 2 official
吏
lì
  1. 1 minor government official or functionary (old)

Idioms (3)

奸官污吏
jiān guān wū lì
  1. 1 traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption
贪官污吏
tān guān wū lì
  1. 1 grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption
赃官污吏
zāng guān wū lì
  1. 1 grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption

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