sān​huái​jiǔ​jí

top government officials

  • created reference approved 三槐九棘 → 三公 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    三槐九棘 sān​huái​jiǔ​jí

    三公 sān​gōng

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  • created reference approved 三槐九棘 → 九卿 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    三槐九棘 sān​huái​jiǔ​jí

    九卿 jiǔ​qīng

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  • created sense approved 三槐九棘 · sān​huái​jiǔ​jí · top government officials — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    三槐九棘

    sān​huái​jiǔ​jí

    top government officials

    (literary) the highest officials in the central government; specifically the three dukes and nine ministers. The term refers to an ancient court layout where three locust trees and eighteen jujube trees marked the seating positions for different ranks of nobility and titles

    三槐 (literal) → 三槐 · sān​huái · three top officials 九 (literal) → 九 · jiǔ · nine 棘 (literal) → 棘 · jí · thorns

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