赃官污吏 — Chinese idiom
赃官污吏
zāng guān wū lì
Traditional: 贓官污吏
Meaning
- grasping officials, corrupt mandarins ; abuse and corruption
Character by character
- 赃zāngbooty, loot; stolen goods; to bribe
- 官guānofficial, public servant
- 污wūfilthy, dirty; polluted, impure
- 吏lìgovernment official, magistrate
Idioms sharing a character
- 贪赃枉法 tān zāng wǎng fǎ
- 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
- 奸官污吏 jiān guān wū lì
- 官报私仇 guān bào sī chóu
- 官官相护 guān guān xiāng hù
- 官私合营 guān sī hé yíng
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