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Chinese Character/Word:
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 贪 | tān | - to have a voracious desire for - to covet - greedy - corrupt |
| 官 | guān | - surname Guan |
| 官 | guān | - government official - governmental - official - public - organ of the body - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 污 | wū | - dirty - filthy - foul - corrupt - to smear - to defile - dirt - filth |
| 污 | wū | - variant of 污[wu1] |
| 污 | wū | - variant of 污[wu1] |
| 吏 | lì | - minor government official or functionary (old) |
Other Words Containing 贪官污吏
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| 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 |