shū​lì

clerk

  • created reference approved 书吏/書吏 → 位 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    书吏 / 書吏 shū​lì

    位 wèi

    classifier

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 书吏/書吏 · shū​lì · clerk — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    书吏 / 書吏

    shū​lì

    clerk

    (literary) A scribe or copyist; a government clerk in ancient China responsible for documents and records.

    书 (literal) → 书/書 · shū · to write 吏 (literal) → 吏 · lì · minor official

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense