封官许愿
fēng guān xǔ yuàn
Pinyin

Definition

封官许愿
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fēng guān xǔ yuàn
  1. to offer official positions and material benefits in order to buy people's allegiance

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

guān yuán
  1. 1 official (in an organization or government)
  2. 2 administrator
guān fāng
  1. 1 government
  2. 2 official (approved or issued by an authority)
Fēng
  1. 1 surname Feng
fēng miàn
  1. 1 cover (of a publication)
wǔ guān
  1. 1 five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳)
  2. 2 facial features
xìn fēng
  1. 1 envelope
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
zuò guān
  1. 1 to take an official post
  2. 2 to become a government employee
bīng fēng
  1. 1 to freeze over
  2. 2 to ice over
  3. 3 icebound
  4. 4 to shelve (a proposal etc)
pàn guān
  1. 1 magistrate (during Tang and Song dynasties)
  2. 2 mythological underworld judge
shēng guān
  1. 1 to get promoted
qì guān
  1. 1 organ (part of body tissue)
  2. 2 apparatus
chén fēng
  1. 1 covered in dust
  2. 2 dusty
  3. 3 lying unused for a long time
Guān
  1. 1 surname Guan
guān liáo
  1. 1 bureaucrat
  2. 2 bureaucracy
  3. 3 bureaucratic
guān bīng
  1. 1 officers and men
guān si
  1. 1 lawsuit
  2. 2 CL:場|场[cháng]
guān chǎng
  1. 1 officialdom
  2. 2 bureaucracy
guān fǔ
  1. 1 authorities
  2. 2 feudal official
kè guān
  1. 1 (polite appellation for a guest at a hotel etc)
mì fēng
  1. 1 to seal up

Idioms (19)

加官进位
jiā guān jìn wèi
  1. 1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
加官进爵
jiā guān jìn jué
  1. 1 promotion to the nobility (idiom)
加官进禄
jiā guān jìn lù
  1. 1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
升官发财
shēng guān fā cái
  1. 1 to be promoted and gain wealth (idiom)
原封不动
yuán fēng bù dòng
  1. 1 sticking unmoving to the original (idiom); not an iota changed
  2. 2 untouched
奸官污吏
jiān guān wū lì
  1. 1 traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption
官报私仇
guān bào sī chóu
  1. 1 to take advantage of official post for personal revenge (idiom)
官官相护
guān guān xiāng hù
  1. 1 officials shield one another (idiom); a cover-up
官私合营
guān sī hé yíng
  1. 1 public and private interests working together (idiom)
官逼民反
guān bī mín fǎn
  1. 1 a government official drives the people to revolt (idiom); a minister provokes a rebellion by exploiting the people
官运亨通
guān yùn hēng tōng
  1. 1 (of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom)
封沙育林
fēng shā yù lín
  1. 1 to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)
故步自封
gù bù zì fēng
  1. 1 stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas
  2. 2 stagnating and conservative
新官上任三把火
xīn guān shàng rèn sān bǎ huǒ
  1. 1 (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom)
贪官污吏
tān guān wū lì
  1. 1 grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption
赃官污吏
zāng guān wū lì
  1. 1 grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption
达官贵人
dá guān guì rén
  1. 1 high official and noble persons (idiom); the great and the good
铁打的衙门,流水的官
tiě dǎ de yá men , liú shuǐ de guān
  1. 1 lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. government officials come and go
高官厚禄
gāo guān hòu lù
  1. 1 high post and generous salary (idiom); promotion to a high official position

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