Qīnchāi dàchén dào le chénglǐ, dìfāngguān dōu lái yíngjiē.
When the imperial commissioner arrived in town, all the local officials came to greet him.
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history
钦差大臣 was a senior official sent by the emperor to handle a specific mission, often investigating corruption. The role figures prominently in Qing dynasty history and in Gogol's play 'The Government Inspector', translated into Chinese as 钦差大臣.
memory
钦 (qīn) means 'by imperial decree' and 差 (chāi) means 'to dispatch/send on a mission' - literally 'one dispatched by imperial order'.
