高官厚禄
gāo guān hòu lù
Pinyin

Definition

高官厚禄
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gāo guān hòu lù
  1. high post and generous salary (idiom); promotion to a high official position

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

厚
hòu
  1. 1 thick
  2. 2 deep or profound
  3. 3 kind
  4. 4 generous
  5. 5 rich or strong in flavor
  6. 6 to favor
  7. 7 to stress
官方
guān fāng
  1. 1 government
  2. 2 official (approved or issued by an authority)
提高
tí gāo
  1. 1 to raise
  2. 2 to increase
  3. 3 to improve
最高
zuì gāo
  1. 1 tallest
  2. 2 highest
  3. 3 supreme (court etc)
高
Gāo
  1. 1 surname Gao
高中
gāo zhōng
  1. 1 senior high school
  2. 2 abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gāo jí zhōng xué]
高手
gāo shǒu
  1. 1 expert
  2. 2 past master
  3. 3 dab hand
高清
gāo qīng
  1. 1 high definition (television etc)
  2. 2 high fidelity (audio)
高兴
gāo xìng
  1. 1 happy
  2. 2 glad
  3. 3 willing (to do sth)
  4. 4 in a cheerful mood
高速
gāo sù
  1. 1 high speed
五官
wǔ guān
  1. 1 five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳)
  2. 2 facial features
做官
zuò guān
  1. 1 to take an official post
  2. 2 to become a government employee
升官
shēng guān
  1. 1 to get promoted
厚实
hòu shi
  1. 1 thick
  2. 2 substantial
  3. 3 sturdy
  4. 4 solid
厚度
hòu dù
  1. 1 thickness
厚脸皮
hòu liǎn pí
  1. 1 brazen
  2. 2 shameless
  3. 3 impudent
  4. 4 cheek
  5. 5 thick-skinned
厚道
hòu dao
  1. 1 kind and honest
  2. 2 generous
  3. 3 sincere
厚重
hòu zhòng
  1. 1 thick
  2. 2 heavy
  3. 3 thickset (body)
  4. 4 massive
  5. 5 generous
  6. 6 extravagant
  7. 7 profound
  8. 8 dignified
器官
qì guān
  1. 1 organ (part of body tissue)
  2. 2 apparatus
增高
zēng gāo
  1. 1 to heighten
  2. 2 to raise
  3. 3 to increase
  4. 4 to rise

Idioms (20)

一见高低
yī jiàn gāo dī
  1. 1 lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to cross swords with
  3. 3 to lock horns
不识高低
bù shí gāo dī
  1. 1 can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
事不关己，高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ
  1. 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
人往高处走，水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
  1. 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
  2. 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
债台高筑
zhài tái gāo zhù
  1. 1 lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt
功高不赏
gōng gāo bù shǎng
  1. 1 high merit that one can never repay (idiom); invaluable achievements
功高望重
gōng gāo wàng zhòng
  1. 1 high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
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)
卑之，毋甚高论
bēi zhī , wú shèn gāo lùn
  1. 1 my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion
  2. 2 what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary
卑之，无甚高论
bēi zhī , wú shèn gāo lùn
  1. 1 my opinion, nothing very involved (idiom, humble expression); my humble point is a familiar opinion
  2. 2 what I say is really nothing out of the ordinary
厚古薄今
hòu gǔ bó jīn
  1. 1 to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
厚德载物
hòu dé zài wù
  1. 1 with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom)
厚死薄生
hòu sǐ bó shēng
  1. 1 lit. to praise the dead and revile the living
  2. 2 fig. to live in the past (idiom)
厚积薄发
hòu jī bó fā
  1. 1 lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)
  2. 2 good preparation is the key to success
  3. 3 to be well prepared
另请高明
lìng qǐng gāo míng
  1. 1 please find sb better qualified than me (idiom)
另谋高就
lìng móu gāo jiù
  1. 1 to get a better job somewhere else (idiom)
  2. 2 to seek alternative employment
名师出高徒
míng shī chū gāo tú
  1. 1 A famous teacher trains a fine student (idiom). A cultured man will have a deep influence on his successors.

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