Read Edit View history 刀笔吏 dāobǐlì scribe Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 刀笔吏 刀筆吏 dāobǐlì scribe (literary) a minor official who handles legal documents and paperwork; a petty clerk pettifogger (literary) an unscrupulous lawyer or scribe who exploits legal loopholes Frequency Written text 0.030 per million Cross-References Abbreviation of 刀笔 dāobǐClassifier 个 gè Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
刀笔吏 刀筆吏 dāobǐlì scribe (literary) a minor official who handles legal documents and paperwork; a petty clerk pettifogger (literary) an unscrupulous lawyer or scribe who exploits legal loopholes Frequency Written text 0.030 per million Cross-References Abbreviation of 刀笔 dāobǐClassifier 个 gè Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)