黠吏

Chinese

		phonetic; crafty	minor official
simp. and trad. (黠吏)		黠	吏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiálì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˊ ㄌㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiálì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˊ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siálì
    • Wade–Giles: hsia²-li⁴
    • Yale: syá-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyalih
    • Palladius: сяли (sjali)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä³⁵ li⁵¹/

Noun

黠吏

1. a crafty, evil official

   • 矧更代之隙，黠吏因緣恣為奸欺，以賣州縣者乎？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     矧更代之隙，黠吏因缘恣为奸欺，以卖州县者乎？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: late Tang Dynasty (c. 827~907), Sun Qiao (孫樵), 《書褒城驛壁》

     Shěn gēngdài zhī xì, xiálì yīnyuán zì wéi jiān qī, yǐ mài zhōuxiàn zhě hū? [Pinyin]

     Besides, what about those sly officials, who take advantage of the gap awaiting next ones to come to engage in deceit and duplicity, thus betraying the province and the prefecture?