Usage of the character 吏
lì
吏
[吏]
- minor government official or functionary (old)
wūlì
污吏
[污吏]
- a corrupt official
cónglì
从吏
[從吏]
- minor official
- to be an official
yùlì
狱吏
[獄吏]
- prison guard
- jailer (old)
lìzhì
吏治
[吏治]
- style of governing (of minor official)
- achievement in office
dùlì
蠹吏
[蠹吏]
- corrupt officials
Lìbù
吏部
[吏部]
- Ministry of Appointments (in imperial China)
shǔlì
属吏
[屬吏]
- (old) subordinate; underling
lìxū
吏胥
[吏胥]
- minor official
jiǎlì
假吏
[假吏]
- acting magistrate
- temporary official (in former times)
guānlì
官吏
[官吏]
- bureaucrat
- official
gùlì
故吏
[故吏]
- (literary) former subordinate
xūlì
胥吏
[胥吏]
- low-level government official (in former times)
zāngguānwūlì
赃官污吏
[贓官污吏]
- grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption
tānguānwūlì
贪官污吏
[貪官污吏]
- grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption
jiānguānwūlì
奸官污吏
[奸官污吏]
- traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption