lì
吏 (lì) is a Chinese word meaning “minor government official or functionary (old)”.
Meanings
- 1minor government official or functionary (old)
Related words
官吏bureaucrat贪官污吏grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption从吏minor official假吏acting magistrate吏治style of governing (of minor official)吏胥minor official奸官污吏traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption属吏(old) subordinate; underling故吏(literary) former subordinate污吏a corrupt official狱吏prison guard胥吏low-level government official (in former times)