清官难断家务事
qīng​guān​nán​duàn​jiā​wù​shì

not even an honest official can settle family disputes

  • created sense approved 清官难断家务事/清官難斷家務事 · qīng​guān​nán​duàn​jiā​wù​shì · not even an honest official can settle family disputes — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    清官难断家务事 / 清官難斷家務事

    qīng​guān​nán​duàn​jiā​wù​shì

    not even an honest official can settle family disputes

    (proverb) Family troubles are so complex and personal that even an impartial and upright official cannot easily judge the rights and wrongs of the situation.

    清官 (literal) → 清官 · qīng​guān · honest official 难 (literal) → 难/難 · nán · difficult 断 (literal) → 断/斷 · duàn · to judge 家务事 (literal) → 家务事/家務事 · jiā​wù​shì · housework

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

    created sense