xuānfǔ
to pacify and comfort
- to pacify and comfort
- (of the imperial court) to send high-ranking officials to communicate orders and reassure the military or civilian population; to pacify through propaganda or imperial decrees
- Pacification Commissioner
- (bound form) an official title for military or civil administrators sent to manage local affairs in times of war or in frontier regions, often referred to as 宣抚使 xuānfǔshǐ
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Abbreviation of
- 宣抚使 xuānfǔshǐ