公事公办 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to do things in a strictly businesslike manner

Character by character

• 公gōngfair, equitable; public; duke
• 事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; accident, inci
• 公gōngfair, equitable; public; duke
• 办bànto set up; to manage, to run; to deal with, to han

Idioms sharing a character

• 假公济私 jiǎ gōng jì sī
• 克己奉公 kè jǐ fèng gōng
• 公之于世 gōng zhī yú shì
• 公之于众 gōng zhī yú zhòng
• 公而忘私 gōng ér wàng sī
• 公诸同好 gōng zhū tóng hào
• 公诸于世 gōng zhū yú shì
• 因公殉职 yīn gōng xùn zhí
• 天公作美 tiān gōng zuò měi
• 天公地道 tiān gōng dì dào

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