tí​qí

imperial guards

  • created sense approved 缇骑/緹騎 · tí​qí · imperial guards — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    缇骑 / 緹騎

    tí​qí

    imperial guards

    (literary) officials or guards sent out to arrest lawbreakers, originally referring to the red-clad horsemen attending high officials in the Han dynasty

    tí​jì

    缇 (literal) → 缇/緹 · tí · orange-red 骑 (literal) → 骑/騎 · qí · cavalry

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

    created sense