腐败 (腐敗)
fǔ bài
Pinyin

Definition

腐败 (腐敗)
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fǔ bài
  1. corruption
  2. to corrupt
  3. to rot
  4. rotten

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

腐败
fǔ bài
  1. 1 corruption
  2. 2 to corrupt
  3. 3 to rot
  4. 4 rotten
豆腐
dòu fu
  1. 1 tofu
  2. 2 bean curd
反腐
fǎn fǔ
  1. 1 anti-corruption
吃豆腐
chī dòu fu
  1. 1 to eat tofu
  2. 2 to flirt
  3. 3 to tease
腐
fǔ
  1. 1 decay
  2. 2 rotten

Idioms (5)

刀子嘴，豆腐心
dāo zi zuǐ , dòu fu xīn
  1. 1 to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
切齿腐心
qiè chǐ fǔ xīn
  1. 1 to detest sth or sb to the utmost extreme (idiom)
化腐朽为神奇
huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí
  1. 1 lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom)
心急吃不了热豆腐
xīn jí chī bu liǎo rè dòu fu
  1. 1 hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom)
  2. 2 one just has to be patient
  3. 3 haste will ruin everything
流水不腐，户枢不蠹
liú shuǐ bù fǔ , hù shū bù dù
  1. 1 lit. flowing water does not rot, nor a door-hinge rust (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. constant activity prevents decay

Sample Sentences

副市长路易吉布鲁尼亚罗说，在建的水下坝原本应能阻挡洪水，建设项目却因超支和腐败一拖再拖。
fù shìzhǎng lùyìjí bùlǔníyàluó shuō ，zàijiàn de shuǐxiàbà yuánběn yīng néng zǔdǎng hóngshuǐ ，jiànshè xiàngmù què yīn chāozhī hé fǔbài yītuōzàituō 。
Deputy Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said that the underwater dam currently under construction could have prevented the floods. However the construction project was delayed due to overspending and corruption.
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你思想前进，那你去搞社会运动吧，我这腐败的地方不适合你。
nǐ sīxiǎng qiánjìn ，nà nǐ qù gǎo shèhuì yùndòng ba ，wǒ zhè fǔbài de dìfang bú shìhé nǐ 。
If your thinking is so avant-garde, why don't you go and take part in social activism, this nest of corruption clearly isn't for you.
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就是有你们这些思想腐败、压榨员工的雇主，就业环境才会这么差。
jiùshì yǒu nǐmen zhèxiē sīxiǎng fǔbài 、yāzhà yuángōng de gùzhǔ ，jiùyè huánjìng cái huì zhème chà 。
It's because of corrupt employers like you who exploit their staff that the job market is so bad.
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怎么个有威望法？有没有说他专制独裁贪污腐败？
zěnme gè yǒu wēiwàng fǎ ？yǒumeiyǒu shuō tā zhuānzhì dúcái tānwū fǔbài ？
How can he be prestigious? Wasn't he a greedy and corrupt autocrat and dictator?
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