文官 (wén guān) — civil official (as opposed to military officer)

Definition

Examples

• 这位文官在朝廷工作了三十年。
  Zhè wèi wén guān zài cháo tíng gōng zuò le sān shí 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。
  Gǔ dài zhōng guó, wén guān hé wǔ jiàng de dì wèi 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 chū shēn shū xiāng mén dì, hòu lái chéng le yì míng wén guān.
  He came from a scholarly family and later became a civil official.