粵

貪taam1官gun1污wu1吏lei6

simp贪官污吏
taam1 gun1 wu1 lei6tān guān wū lì

English

  1. grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption
  2. corrupted office bearers in the government

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 泛指貪污嘅政府人員

Examples

  • 貪官污吏必須繩之於法。

    Corrupted officials and civil servants must be punished by law.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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