noun
governor or magistrate of a Japanese prefecture or South Korean province
noun, historical
magistrate or governor of a county or medium-size town during early days of the Republic of China
adj, literary
sensible; reasonable; wise
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
(沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
农民的权力在乡间初涨起来的时候,县知事和土豪劣绅是勾结一起共同对付农民的。
農民的權力在鄉間初漲起來的時候,縣知事和土豪劣紳是勾結一起共同對付農民的。
nóng mín de quán lì zài xiāng jiān chū zhǎng qǐ lái de shí hou , xiàn zhī shì hé tǔ háo liè shēn shì gōu jié yī qǐ gòng tóng duì fu nóng mín de .
When the power of the peasants was just beginning to make itself felt in the countryside, the magistrate worked in league with the local tyrants and evil gentry against the peasants.
The judicial system in Hunan remains one in which the county magistrate is concurrently in charge of judicial affairs, with an assistant to help him in handling cases.
Mandarin
于是知事及其僚佐们的荷包,只好空着。
於是知事及其僚佐們的荷包,只好空着。
yú shì zhī shì jí qí liáo zuǒ men de hé bāo , zhǐ hǎo kōng zhe .
So it is that the purses of the magistrates and their underlings perforce remain empty.