if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes
trad. 當官不為民做主不如回家賣紅薯
Also written 當官不為民做主不如回家賣紅薯【dāng guān bù wèi mín zuò zhǔ bù rú huí jiā mài hóng shǔ】
Characters in this word
13当
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(onom.) dong, ding dong (bell)
- Pinyin
- dāng
- Traditional
- 噹
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 145 of 2500
官
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surname Guan
- Pinyin
- Guān
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1763 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
为
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as (in the capacity of), to take sth as, to act as, to serve as, to behave as, to become, to be, to do, by (in the passive voice)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 為
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 129 of 2500
民
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surname Min
- Pinyin
- Mín
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 23698 of 2500
做
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to make; to produce, to write; to compose, to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc), (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc), (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for, to assume (an air or manner)
- Pinyin
- zuò
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 37 of 2500
主
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owner, master, host, individual or party concerned, God, Lord, main, to indicate or signify, trump card (in card games)
- Pinyin
- zhǔ
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 1715 of 2500
如
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as, as if, such as
- Pinyin
- rú
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1252 of 2500
回
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Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
- Pinyin
- Huí
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 471 of 2500
家
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used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]
- Pinyin
- jiā
- Traditional
- 傢
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 400 of 2500
卖
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to sell, to betray, to spare no effort, to show off or flaunt
- Pinyin
- mài
- Traditional
- 賣
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 805 of 2500
红
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surname Hong
- Pinyin
- Hóng
- Traditional
- 紅
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2651 of 2500
薯
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potato, yam
- Pinyin
- shǔ
- Strokes
- 16