shī​yeshī​yé

private advisor

师爷 師爺 shī​ye
private advisor
(literary) a confidential advisor or secretary to a local official in imperial China; often associated with cleverness or finding legal loopholes
师爷 師爺 shī​yé
teacher's teacher
the teacher of one's own teacher, or the father of one's teacher

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