官吏
guān lì
Pinyin

Definition

官吏
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guān lì
  1. bureaucrat
  2. official

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

官员
guān yuán
  1. 1 official (in an organization or government)
  2. 2 administrator
官方
guān fāng
  1. 1 government
  2. 2 official (approved or issued by an authority)
上官
Shàng guān
  1. 1 two-character surname Shangguan
五官
wǔ guān
  1. 1 five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳)
  2. 2 facial features
做官
zuò guān
  1. 1 to take an official post
  2. 2 to become a government employee
判官
pàn guān
  1. 1 magistrate (during Tang and Song dynasties)
  2. 2 mythological underworld judge
升官
shēng guān
  1. 1 to get promoted
器官
qì guān
  1. 1 organ (part of body tissue)
  2. 2 apparatus
官
Guān
  1. 1 surname Guan
官僚
guān liáo
  1. 1 bureaucrat
  2. 2 bureaucracy
  3. 3 bureaucratic
官兵
guān bīng
  1. 1 officers and men
官司
guān si
  1. 1 lawsuit
  2. 2 CL:場|场[cháng]
官场
guān chǎng
  1. 1 officialdom
  2. 2 bureaucracy
官府
guān fǔ
  1. 1 authorities
  2. 2 feudal official
官渡
Guān dù
  1. 1 Guandu district of Kunming city 昆明市[Kūn míng shì], Yunnan
客官
kè guān
  1. 1 (polite appellation for a guest at a hotel etc)
性器官
xìng qì guān
  1. 1 sexual organ
感官
gǎn guān
  1. 1 sense
  2. 2 sense organ
指挥官
zhǐ huī guān
  1. 1 commander
收官
shōu guān
  1. 1 final part of a go game (see 官子[guān zǐ])
  2. 2 endgame
  3. 3 to finish up
  4. 4 to come to the final stage

Idioms (16)

加官进位
jiā guān jìn wèi
  1. 1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
加官进爵
jiā guān jìn jué
  1. 1 promotion to the nobility (idiom)
加官进禄
jiā guān jìn lù
  1. 1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
升官发财
shēng guān fā cái
  1. 1 to be promoted and gain wealth (idiom)
奸官污吏
jiān guān wū lì
  1. 1 traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption
官报私仇
guān bào sī chóu
  1. 1 to take advantage of official post for personal revenge (idiom)
官官相护
guān guān xiāng hù
  1. 1 officials shield one another (idiom); a cover-up
官私合营
guān sī hé yíng
  1. 1 public and private interests working together (idiom)
官逼民反
guān bī mín fǎn
  1. 1 a government official drives the people to revolt (idiom); a minister provokes a rebellion by exploiting the people
官运亨通
guān yùn hēng tōng
  1. 1 (of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom)
新官上任三把火
xīn guān shàng rèn sān bǎ huǒ
  1. 1 (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom)
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
达官贵人
dá guān guì rén
  1. 1 high official and noble persons (idiom); the great and the good
铁打的衙门，流水的官
tiě dǎ de yá men , liú shuǐ de guān
  1. 1 lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. government officials come and go
高官厚禄
gāo guān hòu lù
  1. 1 high post and generous salary (idiom); promotion to a high official position

Sample Sentences

是啊，这个束棒，就是最早的法西斯，它是古罗马时期执法官吏的权利标志。
shì a ，zhè ge shùbàng ，jiùshì zuì zǎo de Fǎxīsī ，tā shì Gǔluómǎ shíqī zhífǎ guānlì de quánlì biāozhì 。
Yes, this bundle of wooden rods was the earliest fascis or fascist, it was a symbol of power for those who executed the law in Ancient Rome.
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诗经》与《左传》中都有冬月藏冰的记载，朝廷中有专门的官吏负责每年寒冬时凿取冰块存放在“冰室”或“冰井”里，等到盛夏时节再取出。
Shījīng 》yǔ 《ZuǒZhuàn 》zhōng dōu yǒu Dōngyuè cáng bīng de jìzǎi ，cháotíng zhōng yǒu zhuānmén de guānlì fùzé měinián hándōng shí záoqǔ bīngkuài cúnfàng zài “bīngshì ”huò “bīngjǐng ”lǐ ，děngdào shèngxià shíjié zài qǔchū 。
There are records of winter ice in the Book of Songs and Zuo Zhuan. A special official in the court is responsible for picking up ice cubes during the winter and storing them in the "ice room" or "ice well” for use in the summer.
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