to hide dirt, to conceal corruption (idiom); to shelter evil people and accept wrongdoing; aiding and abetting wicked deeds
trad. 藏污納垢
Also written 藏污納垢【cáng wū nà gòu】
Characters in this word
4藏
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Tibetan ethnic group, Tibet Autonomous Region (short name for 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1])
- Pinyin
- Zàng
- Strokes
- 17
- Frequency
- 1181 of 2500
污
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variant of 污[wu1]
- Pinyin
- wū
- Traditional
- 汙
- Strokes
- 6
纳
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surname Na
- Pinyin
- Nà
- Traditional
- 納
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 4937 of 2500
垢
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dirt, disgrace
- Pinyin
- gòu
- Strokes
- 9