乡绅

Traditional form:

鄉紳

Pinyin (reading):

xiāngshēn

Definitions:

• a scholar or government official living in one's village
• a village gentleman
• squire

Characters:

• 乡 - country, village; rural
• 绅 - girdle, tie; gentry; to bend

Traditional characters:

• 鄉 - country, village; rural
• 紳 - girdle, tie; gentry; to bend