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賣官鬻爵 (maai6 gun1 juk6 zoek3) — to sell official posts and titles, describes a corrupt government in Cantonese

maaiˍ₆賣gunˉ¹官jukˍ₆鬻zoek˗₃爵
简 卖官鬻爵
Mandarin Pinyin: mai4 guan1 yu4 jue2

Meaning of 賣官鬻爵

nounto sell official posts and titles, describes a corrupt government

Characters in 賣官鬻爵

賣maai6
spare no effort; exert to the utmost
官gun1
government official; officer; office holder
鬻juk6
sell; vend
爵zoek3
ancient wine vessel with three legs and a loop handle

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