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Functionary
Petty official
The third part analyzes the system defect of management to petty officials in Qing Dynasty.
The petty officials are the personnel who deal with concrete affairs in administration of ancient China.

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Open the tool →胥吏 (xū lì) means “Clerk, Functionary, Petty official”.
胥吏 is pronounced xū lì in Mandarin Chinese.
“Clerk” is 胥吏 (xū lì) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 胥吏, each with pinyin and an English translation.