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吏 lì

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吏 lì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lì | li4
English translation
government official, magistrate

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About 吏 lì

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

吏 lì

Contains the radical

口 kǒu

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Etymology of 吏 lì

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Positional decomposition

⿻丈口

Explanation

The characters 史 Shǐ (history), 吏 lì (government official), 使 shǐ (cause; use; instruct), and 事 shì (matter; work; affair) are all etymologically related and all derive from the same ancient character, depicting a hand (又 yòu ) holding some object. There are various theorie

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Example sentences using 吏 lì

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许多 xǔduō 美洲 Měi zhōu 殖民地 zhímíndì 的 de 人 rén 认为 rènwéi 英国 Yīng guó 税 shuì 吏 lì 凶残 xiōng cán 手辣.

Many American colonists believed that the English tax collectors were too heavy - handed.

狱吏 yù lì 冲进 chōng jìn 牢房 láo fáng 把 bǎ 他 tā 吊死 diào sǐ 了 le 。

Guards rushed into his cell and strung him up.

威尔逊 Wēi ěr xùn 不是 bú shi 个 gè 与 yú 小 xiǎo 官小吏打交道 dǎjiāodào 的 de 人 rén 。

Wilson was not a man who dealt with petty officials.

Words with 吏 lì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
吏 lì minor government official or functionary (old)吏 lì
官吏 guān lì bureaucrat官吏 guān lì
贪官污吏 tān guān wū lì grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption貪官污吏
吏部 Lì bù Ministry of Appointments (in imperial China)吏部 Lì bù
吏治 lì zhì achievement in office吏治 lì zhì
狱吏 yù lì prison guard獄吏
属吏 shǔ lì underling屬吏
污吏 wū lì a corrupt official污吏 wū lì
赃官污吏 zāng guān wū lì grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption贓官污吏

吏 lì Decomposition & Compounds

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