to be subordinate to; to be under the jurisdiction of

slavery

slave owner

variant of 隸|隶[li4]

(of an entity) to come under the administration of (a different authority)

Zhili, a province from Ming times until 1928, roughly corresponding to present-day Hebei

clerical script; official script (Chinese calligraphic style)

see 隸書|隶书[li4 shu1]

servants; underlings

sex slave

slavery

slave-owning society (precedes feudal society 封建社會|封建社会 in Marxist theory)