奸官污吏 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• traitor minister and corrupt official ; abuse and corruption

Character by character

• 奸jiāncrafty, dishonest, selfish; evil, villainous; adul
• 官guānofficial, public servant
• 污wūfilthy, dirty; polluted, impure
• 吏lìgovernment official, magistrate

Idioms sharing a character

• 大奸似忠 dà jiān sì zhōng
• 姑息养奸 gū xī yǎng jiān
• 无奸不商 wú jiān bù shāng
• 狼狈为奸 láng bèi wéi jiān
• 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
• 官报私仇 guān bào sī chóu

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