吏胥
lì xū
Pinyin

Definition

吏胥
 - 
lì xū
  1. minor official

Character Decomposition

Related Words (6)

污吏
wū lì
  1. 1 a corrupt official
伍子胥
Wǔ Zǐ xū
  1. 1 Wu Zixu (-484 BC), powerful politician in Wu
  2. 2 famous as destitute refugee begging in Wu town, cf 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫
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
赫胥黎
Hè xū lí
  1. 1 Huxley (name)
  2. 2 Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), British evolutionary scientist and champion of Darwin
  3. 3 Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), British novelist
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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