師爺
shī​yeshī​yé

private advisor

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

    师爷 / 師爺 shī​ye

    位 wèi

    classifier

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 师爷/師爺 · shī​ye · private advisor — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    师爷 / 師爺

    shī​ye

    private advisor

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

    shī​yé

    师 (literal) → 师/師 · shī · teacher 爷 (literal) → 爷/爺 · yé · sir

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 师爷/師爺 · shī​yé · teacher's teacher — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    师爷 / 師爺

    shī​yé

    teacher's teacher

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

    shī​ye

    师 (literal) → 师/師 · shī · teacher 爷 (literal) → 爷/爺 · yé · grandfather

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

    created sense