卖官鬻爵 — Chinese idiom
卖官鬻爵
mài guān yù jué
Traditional: 賣官鬻爵
Meaning
- to grant government positions or official titles in exchange for bribes
Character by character
- 卖màito sell; to betray; to show off
- 官guānofficial, public servant
- 鬻yùto vend, sell
- 爵juénoble; a feudal rank or title
Idioms sharing a character
- 倚老卖老 yǐ lǎo mài lǎo
- 生炒热卖 shēng chǎo rè mài
- 砸锅卖铁 zá guō mài tiě
- 装疯卖傻 zhuāng fēng mài shǎ
- 讨好卖乖 tǎo hǎo mài guāi
- 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
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