li4
minor government official or functionary (old)

strokes 6
radical
strokes after radical 3
蠹吏 蠹吏 du4 li4
corrupt officials

官吏 官吏 guan1 li4
bureaucrat; official

假吏 假吏 jia3 li4
acting magistrate; temporary official (in former times)

奸官污吏 奸官污吏 jian1 guan1 wu1 li4
traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption

吏部 吏部 li4 bu4
Ministry of Appointments (in imperial China)

吏胥 吏胥 li4 xu1
minor official

吏治 吏治 li4 zhi4
style of governing (of minor official); achievement in office

贪官污吏 貪官污吏 tan1 guan1 wu1 li4
grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption

污吏 污吏 wu1 li4
a corrupt official

胥吏 胥吏 xu1 li4
low-level government official (in former times)

狱吏 獄吏 yu4 li4
prison guard; jailer (old)

赃官污吏 贓官污吏 zang1 guan1 wu1 li4
grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption