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Definition(s) for: 贪官污吏

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
贪官污吏 tān guān wū lì - grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 67,405 43,764 26,985

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
tān- to have a voracious desire for
- to covet
- greedy
- corrupt
guān- surname Guan
guān- government official
- governmental
- official
- public
- organ of the body
- CL:個|个[ge4]
- dirty
- filthy
- foul
- corrupt
- to smear
- to defile
- dirt
- filth
- variant of 污[wu1]
- variant of 污[wu1]
- minor government official or functionary (old)

Other Words Containing 贪官污吏

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
贪官污吏 - - 67,405 43,764 26,985