吏 - lì - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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6 strokes
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吏

lì

Definition

minor government official (old)
functionary (old)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (1)

使

shǐ

to make; to cause; to enable; to instruct (someone to do something); to send (somebody); to tell somebody to do something; to use; to apply; to employ; envoy; messenger

Related words (8)

吏治

lì zhì

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

minor official

acting magistrate; temporary official (in former times)

bureaucrat; official

a corrupt official

prison guard; jailer (old)

胥吏

xū lì

low-level government official (in former times)

蠹吏

dù lì

corrupt officials

Idioms (3)

奸官污吏

jiān guān wū lì

traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption

貪官污吏

tān guān wū lì

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

贓官污吏

zāng guān wū lì

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

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