官报私仇 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to take advantage of official post for personal revenge

Character by character

• 官guānofficial, public servant
• 报bàoto announce, to report; newspaper; payback, reveng
• 私sīpersonal, private, secret; selfish
• 仇chóuenemy; hatred, enmity

Idioms sharing a character

• 一官半职 yī guān bàn zhí
• 加官进位 jiā guān jìn wèi
• 加官进爵 jiā guān jìn jué
• 加官进禄 jiā guān jìn lù
• 升官发财 shēng guān fā cái
• 奸官污吏 jiān guān wū lì
• 官官相护 guān guān xiāng hù
• 官私合营 guān sī hé yíng
• 官逼民反 guān bī mín fǎn
• 官运亨通 guān yùn hēng tōng

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