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meritorious official / person who renders exceptional service; hero / (fig.) sth that plays a vital role
HSK 7-9
chancellor (of a monarchy) / cabinet minister
HSK 7-9
important official or statesman (in feudal China)
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state official or subject in dynastic China / I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign) / Kangxi radical 131
to acknowledge allegiance to (some regime) / to serve
faithful official
a ruler and his ministers (old)
a treacherous court official / a minister who conspires against the state
Chechnya, a republic in southwestern Russia / Chechen
important minister / major figure in government
official in feudal court / subject
subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc)
court councilor
imperial strategic adviser / expert on strategy
member of a monarch's inner ministerial circle (old)
outstanding founding minister (title given to reward loyal general or vassal of new dynasty or state)
emperor's favorite courtier
official in feudal court / subject
court official (in former times)
chamberlain
counselor of king or feudal warlord / henchman
official in feudal court / subject
an official (in former times)
favored minister
rebellious minister
official who dares speak frankly before the emperor
new emperor, new officials (idiom) / a new chief brings in new aides
this small official / humble servant
civilian court official (in former times)
powerful official / big shot
TOYOTOMI Hideyoshi (1536-1598), Japanese warlord, undisputed ruler of Japan 1590-1598
Wu Renchen (1628-1689), Qing dynasty polymath and historian, author of History of Ten States of South China 十國春秋|十国春秋
to have reached the highest official positions
strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
to bow before (idiom) / to capitulate
Foreign Secretary / (UK) Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
minister not afraid to give forthright criticism
One has the right to choose the ruler one serves. (ancient proverb)
Minister of Navy during Qing times
finance minister / UK chancellor of exchequer
lit. fish bone of a minister (idiom); fig. person one can rely on for candid criticism
rebels and traitors (idiom) / general term for scoundrel
formal title of the Japanese prime minister
official in charge of public records
chancellor (rank in various European states) / grand chancellor
Yi Sunshin (1545-1598), Korean admiral and folk hero, famous for sea victories over the Japanese invaders
servant
(literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female) / (archaic) male and female slaves / subjects (of a ruler)
slave
strategic experts as thick as rain (idiom); no shortage of advisers on strategy
strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
finance minister
turncoat official
minister of defense (esp. in Japan)


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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