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吏
lì
1. minor government official or functionary (old)
Uncommon • Top 33% ✏️ 6 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

吏
lì
government official, magistrate
6 丶

Compound Words (12)

假吏
jiǎlì
acting magistrate
吏治
lìzhì
style of governing (of minor official)
吏胥
lìxū
minor official
吏部
Lìbù
Ministry of Appointments (in imperial China)
狱吏
yùlì
prison guard
胥吏
xūlì
low-level government official (in former times)
蠹吏
dùlì
corrupt officials
官吏
guānlì
bureaucrat
污吏
wūlì
a corrupt official
奸官污吏
jiānguānwūlì
traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption
赃官污吏
zāngguānwūlì
grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption
贪官污吏
tānguānwūlì
grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
2,310
Word Frequency Rank
27,516 of 84,292

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