corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law
trad. 貪贓枉法
Also written 貪贓枉法【tān zāng wǎng fǎ】
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
赃
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stolen goods; loot; spoils
- Pinyin
- zāng
- Traditional
- 贓
- Strokes
- 10
枉
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to twist, crooked, unjust, in vain
- Pinyin
- wǎng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 30964 of 2500
法
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variant of 法[fa3]
- Pinyin
- fǎ
- Traditional
- 㳒
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 2497 of 2500