贪赃枉法 — Chinese idiom
贪赃枉法
tān zāng wǎng fǎ
Traditional: 貪贓枉法
Meaning
- corruption and abuse of the law ; to take bribes and bend the law
Character by character
- 贪tāngreedy, covetous; corrupt
- 赃zāngbooty, loot; stolen goods; to bribe
- 枉wǎnguseless, in vain; crooked, bent
- 法fǎlaw, rule, statute; method, way; French
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
- 贪官污吏 tān guān wū lì
- 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
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