钱谷师爷

錢穀師爺
qiángǔshīyé
  1. (historical) revenue clerk
  2. revenue clerk

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 钱谷 qiángǔ
  1. (historical) local financial affairs; revenue in the Qing Dynasty
  2. (historical) taxation
  3. local financial affairs; revenue in the Qing Dynasty
  4. money and grain
  5. taxation
=2 师爷 shiyē
  1. (historical) private assistant or adviser attending to legal, fiscal, or secretarial duties in a local yamen
  2. (regional, dated) lawyer
  3. lawyer
  4. private assistant or adviser attending to legal, fiscal, or secretarial duties in a local yamen
=2 师爷 shīyé teacher's teacher or father