吏

假吏

jiǎ lì

acting magistrate

吏胥

lì xū

minor official

吏部

lì bù

Ministry of Appointments (in imperial China)

吏治

lì zhì

style of governing (of minor official)

奸官污吏

jiān guān wū lì

traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption

官吏

guān lì

bureaucrat

属吏

shǔ lì

(old) subordinate; underling

从吏

cóng lì

minor official

故吏

gù lì

(literary) former subordinate

污吏

wū lì

a corrupt official

狱吏

yù lì

prison guard

胥吏

xū lì

low-level government official (in former times)