dàizhào
waiting for imperial orders
- waiting for imperial orders
- (bound form) to await an imperial edict or decree; to wait for orders from the emperor
- official title
- (bound form) an official rank or person with specialized skills (like medicine, divination, or chess) kept on call at the imperial academy for consultation; specifically found in Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties
- artisan or service worker
- (literary) an honorific for skilled craftsmen, masters of trades (such as painters, physicians, or diviners), or service workers like barbers and shop clerks
Frequency
- Written text
- 0.093 per million
Sources
- Frequency data
- BCC Corpus (BLCU)