imperial official; court eunuch

(literary) to serve as an official

functionary; official

court eunuch

officialdom; bureaucracy

family of officials; family with connections to the bureaucracy (i.e. the middle classes in imperial China)

horse guard; imperial cavalry guard (of officials or eunuchs)

high official

(literary) to serve as a government official far from one's native place

family of a functionary (i.e. educated middle class in Qing times)

lit. raging sea of bureaucracy; officials causing a big fuss