县官

縣官
xiànguān
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 county magistrate

Examples

HSK 7-9
Xiànguān zuò zài dàtáng shàng shěn àn.
The county magistrate sat in the hall hearing the case.
HSK 7-9
Zhè wèi xiànguān hěn qīnglián, lǎobǎixìng dōu jiào tā " qīngtiān ".
This magistrate was honest, and the common people all called him 'Clear Sky'.

Tips

culture
The everyday name for the magistrate; the formal titles were 县令 and later 知县. A saying plays on it: 县官不如现管, 'a county magistrate counts for less than the man in charge on the spot'. In Han texts 县官 could also mean the emperor or the state itself.

Stroke Order

县 xiàn
官 guān