yuán​wài

landlord

  • created reference approved 员外/員外 → 员外郎/員外郎 (abbreviation) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    员外 / 員外 yuán​wài

    员外郎 / 員外郎 yuán​wài​láng

    abbreviation

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  • created sense approved 员外/員外 · yuán​wài · landlord — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    员外 / 員外

    yuán​wài

    landlord

    An informal title used in old stories for a rich man, local landlord, or country squire

    员 (literal) → 员/員 · yuán · personnel 外 (literal) → 外 · wài · unofficial

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  • created sense approved 员外/員外 · yuán​wài · ancient official position — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    员外 / 員外

    yuán​wài

    ancient official position

    (bound form) Short for [[员外郎|員外郎|yuan2 wai4 lang2]], an ancient government post originally created outside the regular staff establishment

    员 (literal) → 员/員 · yuán · personnel 外 (literal) → 外 · wài · unofficial

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

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