shī​yeshī​yé

private advisor

Senses

师爷/ 師爺 shī​ye (also shī​yé) private advisor

(literary) a confidential advisor or secretary to a local official in imperial China; often associated with cleverness or finding legal loopholes

师爷/ 師爺 shī​yé (also shī​ye) teacher's teacher

the teacher of one's own teacher, or the father of one's teacher

References

classifier 师爷/師爺 位/位
synonym 幕友/幕友 师爷/師爺
see 绍兴师爷/紹興師爺 师爷/師爺