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

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

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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