官癮
guān​yǐn

obsession with power

  • created sense approved 官瘾/官癮 · guān​yǐn · obsession with power — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    官瘾 / 官癮

    guān​yǐn

    obsession with power

    An intense desire or obsession to hold a government post or official position; usually used in a negative sense to describe someone's hunger for authority.

    官 (literal) → 官 · guān · post 瘾 (literal) → 瘾/癮 · yǐn · addiction

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

    created sense