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縣太爺
xiàn​tài​yé

county magistrate

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县太爷/ 縣太爺 xiàn​tài​yé county magistrate

Common name for a county magistrate in imperial China; also used as a humorous nickname for a modern county head or to mock a local leader with a bureaucratic style.

References

synonym 县太爷/縣太爺 → 县令/縣令
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