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"to be corrupt" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
贪污 貪污 tān wū to be corrupt / corruption / to embezzle
Chinese Pinyin Translation
作弊 zuò bì to practice fraud / to cheat / to engage in corrupt practices syn
堕落 墮落 duò luò to degrade / to degenerate / to become depraved / corrupt / a fall from grace syn
麻醉 má zuì anesthesia / to anesthetize / (fig.) to corrupt (sb's mind) / to enervate / to numb the mind (to escape from harsh reality) syn
清洗 qīng xǐ to wash / to rinse / to clean / (fig.) to purge / to get rid of (corrupt individuals etc) syn
腐烂 腐爛 fǔ làn to rot / to putrefy / (fig.) corrupt syn
腐败 腐敗 fǔ bài corruption / to corrupt / to rot / rotten syn
毒害 dú hài to harm (sb's health) with narcotics etc / to poison (people's minds) / to corrupt / pernicious influence syn
败坏 敗壞 bài huài to ruin / to corrupt / to undermine syn
腐化 fǔ huà to rot / to decay / to become corrupt syn
保护伞 保護傘 bǎo hù sǎn protective umbrella / fig. person affording protection (esp. corrupt) syn
弊端 bì duān systemic problem (sometimes refers specifically to corrupt practices) syn
陋习 陋習 lòu xí corrupt practice / bad habits / malpractice syn
灯红酒绿 燈紅酒綠 dēng hóng jiǔ lǜ lanterns red, wine green (idiom) / feasting and pleasure-seeking / debauched and corrupt environment syn
贪官 貪官 tān guān corrupt official / grasping functionary / greedy mandarin syn
两袖清风 兩袖清風 liǎng xiù qīng fēng lit. both sleeves flowing in the breeze (idiom) / having clean hands / uncorrupted / unsoiled by corrupt practices syn
黑哨 hēi shào (soccer etc) corrupt officiating / dubious call
教坏 教壞 jiāo huài to misguide / to corrupt (sb)
颓败 頹敗 tuí bài to decay / to decline / to become corrupt syn
浊流 濁流 zhuó liú turbid flow / muddy waters / fig. a contemptible person / fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends syn
积弊 積弊 jī bì age-old (malpractice) / long established (corrupt practices) / deeply rooted (superstition) syn
贪 貪 tān to have a voracious desire for / to covet / greedy / corrupt syn
污 wū dirty / filthy / foul / corrupt / to smear / to defile / dirt / filth syn
营私 營私 yíng sī to gain from corrupt dealing / to engage in graft / to feather one's nest syn
贪官污吏 貪官污吏 tān guān wū lì grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom) / abuse and corruption syn
赃官污吏 贓官污吏 zāng guān wū lì grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom) / abuse and corruption
邪门歪道 邪門歪道 xié mén wāi dào lit. devil's gate, crooked path (idiom) / corrupt practices / crooked methods / dishonesty syn
乱政 亂政 luàn zhèng to corrupt politics
卷地皮 juǎn dì pí to plunder the land and extort from the peasant / corrupt practice
奸官污吏 jiān guān wū lì traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom) / abuse and corruption
汙 wū variant of 污 / dirty / filthy / foul / corrupt / to smear / to defile / dirt / filth
汚 wū variant of 污 / dirty / filthy / foul / corrupt / to smear / to defile / dirt / filth
污吏 wū lì a corrupt official
蛀蚀 蛀蝕 zhù shí to corrupt / to erode
蠹吏 dù lì corrupt officials
蠹弊 dù bì malpractice / abuse / corrupt practice
道高益安，势高益危 道高益安，勢高益危 dào gāo yì ān , shì gāo yì wēi More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).
钻谋 鑽謀 zuān móu to use influence to get what one wants / to find a way through (esp. corrupt) / to succeed by means fair or foul syn
赵高 趙高 zhào gāo Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history, responsible for the fall of Qin Dynasty
腐败行为 腐敗行為 corrupt practices
贪渎 貪瀆 tān dú (of an official) corrupt and negligent of his duty
窳败 窳敗 yǔ bài to ruin / corrupt syn
白手套 bái shǒu tào white glove / (fig.) (slang) intermediary in negotiations / proxy who acts on behalf of an official in corrupt dealings (to keep the official's involvement secret)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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