bāo​hēi​liǎn​duàn'àn​zi

[xiehouyu] to ignore personal connections for the sake of justice

  • created reference approved 包黑脸断案子/包黑臉斷案子 → 六亲不认/六親不認 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    包黑脸断案子 / 包黑臉斷案子 bāo​hēi​liǎn​duàn'àn​zi

    六亲不认 / 六親不認 liù​qīn​bù​rèn

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 包黑脸断案子/包黑臉斷案子 → 包拯 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    包黑脸断案子 / 包黑臉斷案子 bāo​hēi​liǎn​duàn'àn​zi

    包拯 bāo​zhěng

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 包黑脸断案子/包黑臉斷案子 · bāo​hēi​liǎn​duàn'àn​zi · [xiehouyu] to ignore personal connections for the sake of justice — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    包黑脸断案子 / 包黑臉斷案子

    bāo​hēi​liǎn​duàn'àn​zi

    [xiehouyu] to ignore personal connections for the sake of justice

    A two-part allegorical saying meaning to show no favoritism. Like the legendary official Bao Zheng (Bao the Black-Faced), who judged cases with strict impartiality and ignored personal ties or social status when enforcing the law.

    包 (literal) → 包 · bāo · Bao 黑脸 (literal) → 黑脸/黑臉 · hēi​liǎn · black-painted face 断案 (literal) → 断案/斷案 · duàn'àn · to judge a case 子 (bound) → 子 · zi · noun suffix

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense