奸官污吏 — Chinese idiom
奸官污吏
jiān guān wū lì
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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