(historical) privately hired legal or administrative advisor to a government official; teacher's teacher (in academic lineage)
trad. 師爺
Also written 師爺【shī yé】
Characters in this word
2师
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
surname Shi
- Pinyin
- Shī
- Traditional
- 師
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 5008 of 2500
爷
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
grandpa, old gentleman
- Pinyin
- yé
- Traditional
- 爺
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 19474 of 2500