吏
Ancient forms
2 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
lì li4
- minor government official or functionary (old)
HSK words with 吏
More words with 吏
- 吏治 lìzhì style of governing (of minor official)
- 假吏 jiǎlì acting magistrate
- 从吏 cónglì minor official
- 故吏 gùlì (literary) former subordinate
- 污吏 wūlì a corrupt official
- 狱吏 yùlì prison guard
- 蠹吏 dùlì corrupt officials
- 吏胥 lìxū minor official
- 胥吏 xūlì low-level government official (in former times)
- 奸官污吏 jiānguānwūlì traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption
- 贪官污吏 tānguānwūlì grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption