師爺
simp师爷si1 je4shī yeshī yé
English
- (historical) privately hired legal or administrative advisor to a government official
- (n.) (COLLOQUIAL) a paralegal.
- teacher's teacher (in academic lineage)
- legal advisor; paralegal; in modern usage, often implies the person is not a qualified lawyer and does not have a license to practice law ----
- administrative advisor in imperial China, employed by government officials to handle legal, financial, and bureaucratic matters
粵語 — Cantonese
- 能夠提供法律意見而冇律師牌嘅法律行政人員（量詞：位、個）
- 古代中國官員聘請嘅吏員，負責策畫、文書等行政工作。（量詞：位、個）
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk