清官难断家务事
Traditional form:
清官難斷家務事
Pinyin (reading):
qīngguānnánduànjiāwùshì
Definitions:
- even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute (proverb)
Characters:
- 清 - clean, pure; clear, distinct; peaceful
- 官 - official, public servant
- 难 - hard, difficult, arduous; unable
- 断 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
- 家 - house, home, residence; family
- 务 - affairs, business; should; must
- 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
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