賣官鬻爵
mài​guān​yù​jué

to sell official titles

  • created reference approved 卖官鬻爵/賣官鬻爵 → 鬻官卖爵/鬻官賣爵 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    卖官鬻爵 / 賣官鬻爵 mài​guān​yù​jué

    鬻官卖爵 / 鬻官賣爵 yù​guān​mài​jué

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created reference approved 卖官鬻爵/賣官鬻爵 → 贩官鬻爵/販官鬻爵 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    卖官鬻爵 / 賣官鬻爵 mài​guān​yù​jué

    贩官鬻爵 / 販官鬻爵 fàn​guān​yù​jué

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 卖官鬻爵/賣官鬻爵 · mài​guān​yù​jué · to sell official titles — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    卖官鬻爵 / 賣官鬻爵

    mài​guān​yù​jué

    to sell official titles

    (idiom) to grant government positions or official titles in exchange for bribes; to profit from the sale of public office

    卖官 (literal) → 卖官/賣官 · mài​guān · to sell official posts 鬻 (literal) → 鬻 · yù · to sell 爵 (literal) → 爵 · jué · nobility

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

    created sense