清官难断家务事 qīng guān nán duàn jiā wù shì

even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute (proverb)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute (proverb)

Characters

Character Meaning
clear; distinct; pure
official; government official; governmental
difficult; difficult (to...); difficulty
to cut off; to break; to snap
home; family; classifier for families or businesses
to be engaged in; to attend to; business
matter; thing; affair