紹興師爺
shào​xīng​shī​ye

legal expert

  • created reference approved 绍兴师爷/紹興師爺 → 师爷/師爺 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    绍兴师爷 / 紹興師爺 shào​xīng​shī​ye

    师爷 / 師爺 shī​ye

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 绍兴师爷/紹興師爺 · shào​xīng​shī​ye · legal expert — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    绍兴师爷 / 紹興師爺

    shào​xīng​shī​ye

    legal expert

    (literary) Advisors or legal experts typically from Shaoxing who worked in government offices during the Qing dynasty; used figuratively for a person who is clever, experienced, and highly skilled in handling legal documents or solving administrative problems.

    shào​xīng​shī​yé

    绍兴 (literal) → 绍兴/紹興 · shào​xīng · Shaoxing 师爷 (literal) → 师爷/師爺 · shī​ye · private advisor

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

    created sense