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Meaning of 吏

Pinyin lì

Radical

口

Strokes

Definition

minor official

Usage

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吏 [lì] 名本义: 官吏造字法: 会意。甲骨文。从手(又)，从中。以手持中。有人认为中为笔。“吏”、“事”、“使”古同字。 1. 旧时代的大小官员。 (Former officials of various ranks in ancient times.) - 例如: 吏治。官吏。 (For example: administration by officials.) 2. 旧指小公务员。 (Formerly referred to as minor civil servants.) - 例如: 吏员。胥吏（地方官府中办理文书的人）。 (For example: clerks; inferior officials in local administrations handling documents.) 3. 吏部狱 (Administrative jail/prison.) - 例如: 班固《汉书》：而右将军独下吏，当死，赎为庶人。(Ban Gu, "Han Shu": “The right general alone was sent to prison, sentenced to death but redeemed to the commoners.”) 4. 姓 (Surname.) 动 1. 治理;为官 (To administer; to be an official.) - 例如: 吏才(为政的才能) (For example: the ability to govern.) 引例: 1. 《汉书·王莽传下》：夫吏者，理也。(In the "Han Shu": “The official is for governance.”) 2. 《汉书·惠帝纪》：吏，所以治民也。(In the "Han Shu": “Officials are to govern the people.”) 3. 《绛云山庄》：宦游非吏隐，心事好幽偏。(In “Blue Field Mountain Villa”: "The official travels is not lonely, but keeps his thoughts to himself.")

吏部 Lì bù

Ministry of Appointments (in imperial China)

吏治 lì zhì

style of governing (of minor official) / achievement in office

狱吏 yù lì

prison guard / jailer (old)

小吏 xiǎo lì

beadle

大吏 dà lì

Big official

贪官污吏 tān guān wū lì

grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption

书吏 shū lì

Book official

属吏 shǔ lì

(old) subordinate / underling

酷吏 kù lì

cruel officials

吏员 lì yuán

Clerk

吏目 lì mù

Official

县吏 xiàn lì

County officials

滥官污吏 làn guān wū lì

covetous and corrupt officers

门生故吏 mén shēng gù lì

disciples and old followers or minor officials / one's intimate party-followers and students

关吏 guān lì

Guan

吏卒 lì zú

Clerk

官吏 guān lì

bureaucrat / official