Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

稗官

bàiguān

ㄅㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ

  1. 1(old) petty official charged with reporting back to the ruler on what people in a locality are talking about
  2. 2novel in the vernacular
  3. 3fiction writer; novelist

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