吏治
lì zhì
Pinyin

Definition

吏治
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lì zhì
  1. style of governing (of minor official)
  2. achievement in office

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

政治
zhèng zhì
  1. 1 politics
  2. 2 political
治
zhì
  1. 1 to rule
  2. 2 to govern
  3. 3 to manage
  4. 4 to control
  5. 5 to harness (a river)
  6. 6 to treat (a disease)
  7. 7 to wipe out (a pest)
  8. 8 to punish
  9. 9 to research
治疗
zhì liáo
  1. 1 to treat (an illness)
  2. 2 medical treatment
  3. 3 therapy
治愈
zhì yù
  1. 1 to cure
防治
fáng zhì
  1. 1 to prevent and cure
  2. 2 prevention and cure

Idioms (9)

以其人之道，还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
  1. 1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
奸官污吏
jiān guān wū lì
  1. 1 traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption
文治武功
wén zhì wǔ gōng
  1. 1 political and military achievements (idiom)
治丧从俭
zhì sàng cóng jiǎn
  1. 1 to be frugal in attending to funeral rites (idiom)
治大国若烹小鲜
zhì dà guó ruò pēng xiǎo xiān
  1. 1 ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom)
  2. 2 effective government requires minimal intervention