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捕役
bǔ​yì

constable

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捕役 bǔ​yì
constable
(historical) a government runner or bailiff in ancient China responsible for tracking and arresting criminals

Frequency

Written text
0.017 per million

Cross-References

Same as

  • 捕快 bǔ​kuài

Classifier

  • 个 gè
  • 名 míng

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)