汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 廷尉
廷尉
Commandant of Justice in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
官名。掌司法刑狱。始置于秦,汉景帝时改称大理,武帝时复称廷尉。东汉后或称廷尉、大理和廷尉卿。北齐至明清都称大理寺卿。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

廷尉是汉代掌管刑狱的最高职官。

Tingwei is the main judicial officer in the Han Dynasty.

汉代初期,下邽(龟)县的翟公曾说过,他开始做廷尉(古代的一种官职)时,家中有很多客人来拜访;

In the early Han Dynasty, Zhaigong of the Xia Gui town once said when he started to take the official position as a Tingwei, there were numerous visitors in his house;