Definition

Examples

• 这位文官在朝廷工作了三十年。
  Zhè wèi wén guān zài cháotíng gōngzuò le sānshí nián.
  This civil official worked at the imperial court for thirty years.
• 古代中国，文官和武将的地位都很高。
  Gǔdài Zhōngguó, wén guān hé wǔjiàng de dìwèi dōu hěn gāo.
  In ancient China, both civil officials and military generals held high status.
• 他出身书香门第，后来成了一名文官。
  Tā chūshēn shūxiāng méndì, hòulái chéng le yì míng wén guān.
  He came from a scholarly family and later became a civil official.