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当官不为民做主不如回家卖红薯

dāng guān bù wèi mín zuò zhǔ bù rú huí jiā mài hóng shǔ

14-character word Traditional 當官不為民做主不如回家賣紅薯

What 当官不为民做主不如回家卖红薯 means

1. if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes

The characters in 当官不为民做主不如回家卖红薯

• 当dāng(onomatopoeia) dong; ding dong (bell)
• 官guāngovernment official; governmental; official
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 民mín(bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country
• 做zuòto make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
• 主zhǔowner; master; host
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 如rúas; as if; such as
• 回huíto go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer…
• 家jiāused in 家伙
• 卖màito sell; to betray; to spare no effort
• 红hóngred; popular; revolutionary
• 薯shǔpotato; yam