蠹吏 in English du4 li4 Meaning

Meanings

  • corrupt officials

Simplified Characters

蠹 吏

Traditional Characters

蠹 吏

Pinyin

du4 li4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

蠹du4insect that eats into books, clothing etc 吏li4minor government official or functionary (old)