1. noun a government official; a magistrate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '吏'; Guoyu '吏' n 1; Unihan '吏')
  2. proper noun Li
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '吏' n 2)

Also contained in

奸吏属吏从吏赃官污吏吏部吏员汙吏疆吏假吏长吏吏胥老吏酷吏蠹吏贪官污吏墨吏官吏能吏狱吏污吏吏治循吏列传奸官污吏循吏检验吏胥吏小吏贪官汙吏故吏将吏卒强吏弱

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Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 3 Ming Bao Ji 冥報記 — count: 24 , has English translation
  • Scroll 2 Ming Bao Ji 冥報記 — count: 24 , has English translation
  • Scroll 7 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 19
  • Scroll 6 Fa Hua Zhuanji 法華傳記 — count: 15
  • Scroll 7 Bian Zheng Lun 辯正論 — count: 15
  • Scroll 79 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 13
  • Scroll 20 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 13
  • Scroll 7 Fahua Wen Ju Ji 法華文句記 — count: 11
  • Scroll 3 Jātaka stories (Sheng Jing) 生經 — count: 10 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Dizi Si Fu Sheng Jing 弟子死復生經 — count: 9

Collocations

  • 吏民 (吏民) 我不得令吏民侵抂卿 — Laizhaheluo Jing (Raṭṭhapālasutta) 賴吒和羅經, Scroll 1 — count: 54
  • 臣吏 (臣吏) 臣吏 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 11 — count: 27
  • 门吏 (門吏) 門吏曰 — Jātaka stories (Sheng Jing) 生經, Scroll 3 — count: 6
  • 主吏 (主吏) 如是故有王使主吏 — Great Might Arrived Bodhisattva’s Thinking-of-Buddhas as the Perfect Passage (Da Fo Ding Rulai Mi Yin Xiu Zheng Liaoyi Zhu Pusa Wan Xing Shou Leng Yan Jing) 大佛頂如來密因修證了義諸菩薩萬行首楞嚴經, Scroll 8 — count: 5
  • 吏白王 (吏白王) 門吏白王 — Jātaka stories (Sheng Jing) 生經, Scroll 3 — count: 4
  • 马吏 (馬吏) 馬吏復捉 — Sutra on the Wise and Foolish (Damamūka) 賢愚經, Scroll 11 — count: 4
  • 兵吏 (兵吏) 四臣兵吏及比丘僧 — Jātaka stories (Sheng Jing) 生經, Scroll 5 — count: 4
  • 吏言 (吏言) 即勅吏言 — Jātaka Stories of the Bodhisattva (Pusa Ben Xing Jing) 菩薩本行經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
  • 吏人 (吏人) 國王大臣吏人官屬 — Fang Guang Da Zhuangyan Jing (Lalitavistara) 方廣大莊嚴經, Scroll 12 — count: 3
  • 国王吏 (國王吏) 國王吏民 — Taizi Rui Ying Ben Qi Jing 太子瑞應本起經, Scroll 2 — count: 3