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吏
吏
li4
 
- minor government official or functionary (old)
 
| strokes | 
6 | 
| radical | 
 | 
| strokes after radical | 
3 | 
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蠹吏
蠹吏
du4 li4
 
- corrupt officials
 
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官吏
官吏
guan1 li4
 
- bureaucrat; official
 
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假吏
假吏
jia3 li4
 
- acting magistrate; temporary official (in former times)
 
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奸官污吏
奸官污吏
jian1 guan1 wu1 li4
 
- traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption
 
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吏部
吏部
li4 bu4
 
- Ministry of Appointments (in imperial China)
 
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吏胥
吏胥
li4 xu1
 
- minor official
 
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吏治
吏治
li4 zhi4
 
- style of governing (of minor official); achievement in office
 
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贪官污吏
貪官污吏
tan1 guan1 wu1 li4
 
- grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption
 
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污吏
污吏
wu1 li4
 
- a corrupt official
 
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胥吏
胥吏
xu1 li4
 
- low-level government official (in former times)
 
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狱吏
獄吏
yu4 li4
 
- prison guard; jailer (old)
 
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赃官污吏
贓官污吏
zang1 guan1 wu1 li4
 
- grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption