贪官污吏
Traditional form:
貪官污吏
Pinyin (reading):
tānguānwūlì
Definitions:
- grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption
Characters:
- 贪 - greedy, covetous; corrupt
- 官 - official, public servant
- 污 - filthy, dirty; polluted, impure
- 吏 - government official, magistrate
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