贪官污吏 — Chinese idiom
贪官污吏
tān guān wū lì
Traditional: 貪官污吏
Meaning
- grasping officials, corrupt mandarins ; abuse and corruption
Character by character
- 贪tāngreedy, covetous; corrupt
- 官guānofficial, public servant
- 污wūfilthy, dirty; polluted, impure
- 吏lìgovernment official, magistrate
Idioms sharing a character
- 好酒贪杯 hào jiǔ tān bēi
- 桀贪骜诈 jié tān ào zhà
- 贪天之功 tān tiān zhī gōng
- 贪婪无厌 tān lán wú yàn
- 贪小失大 tān xiǎo shī dà
- 贪得无厌 tān dé wú yàn
- 贪心不足 tān xīn bù zú
- 贪求无厌 tān qiú wú yàn
- 贪污腐化 tān wū fǔ huà
- 贪猥无厌 tān wěi wú yàn
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