mǎi​guān

to buy an official title

  • created sense approved 买官/買官 · mǎi​guān · to buy an official title — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    买官 / 買官

    mǎi​guān

    to buy an official title

    to buy a government office or official position; to use money or bribery to obtain power

    买, 官

    买 (literal) → 买/買 · mǎi · to bribe 官 (literal) → 官 · guān · post

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

    created sense