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贪墨
tān​mò

venal

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
贪墨 貪墨 tān​mò
venal
(literary) to be corrupt and greedy; specifically used to describe officials who take bribes or embezzle funds
corrupt officials
(literary) officials who are corrupt and greedy

Frequency

Written text
0.108 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 贪污 tān​wū

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)