蠹国害民 — Chinese idiom
蠹国害民
dù guó hài mín
Traditional: 蠹國害民
Meaning
- to rob the state and hurt the people
Character by character
- 蠹dùmoth, bookworm; moth-eaten, worm-eaten
- 国guócountry, nation, state; national
- 害hàito injure, to harm; to destroy, to kill
- 民míncitizens, subjects; a nation's people
Idioms sharing a character
- 户枢不蠹 hù shū bù dù
- 蠹众木折 dù zhòng mù zhé
- 亡国灭种 wáng guó miè zhǒng
- 以身报国 yǐ shēn bào guó
- 以身许国 yǐ shēn xǔ guó
- 保家卫国 bǎo jiā wèi guó
- 倾国倾城 qīng guó qīng chéng
- 周游列国 zhōu yóu liè guó
- 丧权辱国 sàng quán rǔ guó
- 国弱民穷 guó ruò mín qióng
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