jiāng​lì

frontier official

jiāng​lì frontier official

  1. jiāng proper noun
    border
    (bound form) border; boundary; frontier; territory
  2. official
    (bound form) a general term for government officials in imperial China

jiāng​lì provincial official

  1. abbreviation of 封疆 fēng​jiāng
    governor
    (archaic) a general or high-ranking civil official in charge of a border region or province, specifically referring to governors-general or governors during the Ming and Qing dynasties
  2. abbreviation of 大吏 dà​lì
    high-ranking official
    (literary) high-ranking official or senior government officer; historically used to refer to provincial governors.