城狐社鼠
chéng​hú​shè​shǔ

corrupt officials

  • created reference approved 城狐社鼠 → 社鼠城狐 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    城狐社鼠 chéng​hú​shè​shǔ

    社鼠城狐 shè​shǔ​chéng​hú

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  • created sense approved 城狐社鼠 · chéng​hú​shè​shǔ · corrupt officials — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    城狐社鼠

    chéng​hú​shè​shǔ

    corrupt officials

    (literary) Foxes in the city walls and rats in the shrines; refers to corrupt officials and evil-doers who take advantage of their position or proximity to power to harm others.

    城 (literal) → 城 · chéng · city wall 狐 (literal) → 狐 · hú · fox 社 (literal) → 社 · shè · god of the land 鼠 (literal) → 鼠 · shǔ · rat

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

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