私吞
sī tūn
Pinyin
Definition
私吞
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- to misappropriate (public funds etc)
- to embezzle
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 private
- 2 personal
- 3 interpersonal
- 4 sb with whom one has a close personal relationship
- 5 a member of one's clique
- 1 private correspondence
- 2 personal letter
- 3 (computing) personal message (PM)
- 4 to message sb
- 1 selfish
- 2 selfishness
- 1 secrets
- 2 private business
- 3 privacy
- 1 public and private (interests, initiative etc)
Idioms (20)
人心不足蛇吞象
- 1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
以权谋私
- 1 to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
假公济私
- 1 official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position
公而忘私
- 1 for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically
- 2 selfless
吞吞吐吐
- 1 to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth
- 2 to speak and break off, then start again
- 3 to hold sth back