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執金吾

简执金吾 · 繁執金吾

Mandarin · pinyin zhí jīn wú

(Han dynasty) official in command of an army responsible for maintaining law and order in the capital

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Cantonese word readings for 執金吾. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(historical) An officer in charge of maintaining law and order within the capital