grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption
trad. 貪官污吏
Also written 貪官污吏【tān guān wū lì】
Characters in this word
4贪
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to have a voracious desire for, to covet, greedy, corrupt
- Pinyin
- tān
- Traditional
- 貪
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 27733 of 2500
官
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surname Guan
- Pinyin
- Guān
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1763 of 2500
污
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variant of 污[wu1]
- Pinyin
- wū
- Traditional
- 汙
- Strokes
- 6
吏
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minor government official or functionary (old)
- Pinyin
- lì
- Strokes
- 6