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- exsy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: e'sy [[...]][i#] [p.]
- lower officials
- 下屬, 部下
- sy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sy; (sw) [[...]][i#] [p.]
- take charge of, manage, to rule, governmental department (See "su" for many other meanings.)
- 司
- tefngsy koarn exsy, ti'thaau koarn purnky. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: terng'sy koarn e'sy, tii'thaau koarn puxn'ky. [[...]][i#] [p.]
- upper will rule lower, the mattock rules the bamboo scoop, at every level the superior will lord it over the inferior
- 上司管下司,鋤頭管畚箕,大魚吃小魚,小魚吃蝦子,大壓小。