DictionaryCommon words師爺

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師爺

shī ye·ㄕ ˙ㄧㄝ

“formerly, a clerk or secretary in a government office; (archaic) a form of address for one's teacher's father or grandfather”

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teacher; master; expert; model; army division; troops; to dispatch troops; surname Shi

Grandfather; old man; term of respect for a father or elder; term of address for a deity.