The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chih hsien
Chih hsien \Chih" hsien`\ [Chin. chih hsien, lit., (He who) knows (the) district.] An official having charge of a hsien, or administrative district, in China; a district magistrate, responsible for good order in his hsien (which see), and having jurisdiction in its civil and criminal cases. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] ||