created sense approved 稗官 · bàiguān · petty official — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
稗官
bàiguān
petty official
(literary) an ancient petty official tasked with gathering local rumors and folk customs to report back to the emperor; such reports were considered a source of fiction
稗 (literal) → 稗 · bài · insignificant 官 (literal) → 官 · guān · official
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 稗官 · bàiguān · fiction writer — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
稗官
bàiguān
fiction writer
(literary) a collective term for novelists or fiction writers, referring back to the ancient officials who collected local stories
稗 (literal) → 稗 · bài · insignificant 官 (literal) → 官 · guān · official
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 稗官 · bàiguān · fiction — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
稗官
bàiguān
fiction
(literary) an old name for novels or vernacular fiction
稗 (literal) → 稗 · bài · insignificant 官 (literal) → 官 · guān · official
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition