稗官 in English bai4 guan1 Meaning

Meanings

  • petty official charged with reporting back to the ruler on what people in a locality are talking about (old)
  • novel in the vernacular
  • fiction writer
  • novelist

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Pinyin

bai4 guan1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

bai4barnyard millet (Echinochloa crus-galli) guan1surname Guan