蠹吏
dù lì
Pinyin

Definition

蠹吏
 - 
dù lì
  1. corrupt officials

Character Decomposition

Related Words (6)

污吏
wū lì
  1. 1 a corrupt official
吏
lì
  1. 1 minor government official or functionary (old)
吏治
lì zhì
  1. 1 style of governing (of minor official)
  2. 2 achievement in office
官吏
guān lì
  1. 1 bureaucrat
  2. 2 official
户枢不蠹
hù shū bù dù
  1. 1 lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten
  2. 2 constant activity prevents decay (idiom)
蠹鱼
dù yú
  1. 1 silverfish
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī]

Idioms (7)

奸官污吏
jiān guān wū lì
  1. 1 traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption
户枢不蠹
hù shū bù dù
  1. 1 lit. a door hinge never becomes worm-eaten
  2. 2 constant activity prevents decay (idiom)
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
蠹国害民
dù guó hài mín
  1. 1 to rob the state and hurt the people (idiom)
蠹众木折
dù zhòng mù zhé
  1. 1 Danger appears where many harmful factors exist. (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

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