赃官污吏 zāng guān wū lì

corrupt officials; greedy, dirty officials

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption

Characters

Character Meaning
赃 zāng
variant of 贓zāng; stolen goods; booty
官 guān HSK 5
official; government official; governmental
污 wū HSK 4
dirty; filthy; foul
吏 lì
minor government official or functionary (old)