黠吏

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiálì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˊ ㄌㄧˋ

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

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?
  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?

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