official's salary (feudal times)
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
salary of a government official in feudal times; official stipend
archaicRefers specifically to the compensation (money, grain, silk) provided to officials during the imperial era in China. A historical term.
Gǔ古
dài代
de的
guān官
yuán员
yī依
kào靠
cháo朝
tíng廷
fā发
fàng放
de的
fèng俸
lù禄
shēng生
huó活
。
Officials in ancient times lived on the stipends issued by the imperial court.
Tā他
de的
fèng俸
lù禄
zhǔ主
yào要
shì是
mǐ米
liáng粮
hé和
bù布
bó帛
。
His official salary mainly consisted of rice and silk.
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Zhè这
fèn份
guān官
zhí职
fèng俸
lù禄
wēi微
bó薄
，
nán难
yǐ以
yǎng养
jiā家
。
The salary for this official post is meager and hard to support a family.