Tā yì lái jiù zhǐshǒu-huàjiǎo, zhēn bǎ zìjǐ dàngchéng qīnchāi dàchén le.
The moment he arrived he started ordering everyone about, as if he really were an imperial commissioner.
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钦 marks what comes from the emperor himself and 差 is an official errand. The commissioner was given a seal of office for one special mission, often an investigation, and outranked ordinary envoys.
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Today the word is usually ironic: someone sent down by a higher office who throws his weight around and orders the locals about.
