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贪污

tān wū

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 貪污

贪污 (tān wū) means "to be corrupt; corruption; to embezzle". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 贪污 means

1. to be corrupt
2. corruption
3. to embezzle

The characters in 贪污

• 贪tānto have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy
• 污wūdirty; filthy; foul

Example sentences

• 洛克希德丑闻是席卷美国主要飞机制造行业的世界性贪污丑闻。1976年2月被公布于众的洛克希德丑闻主要涉及到客机交易中的贪污受贿行为。
  Luò kè xī dé chǒuwén shì xíjuǎn Měiguó zhǔyào fēijī zhìzào hángyè de shìjiè xìng tānwū chǒuwén.1976 nián 2 yuè bèi gōngbù yú zhòng de Luò kè xī dé chǒuwén zhǔyào shèjí dào kèjī jiāoyì zhōng de tānwū shòuhuì xíngwéi.
  The Lockheed scandal is a worldwide corruption scandal involving the major American plane manufacturer Lockheed. It came to light in February 1976 and revolved mainly around the acceptance of passenger plane contracts.

Words starting with 贪污

• 贪污腐化tān wū fǔ huà(idiom) corruption
• 贪污腐败tān wū fǔ bàicorruption

Words containing 贪污

• 反贪污fǎn tān wūanticorruption

Where 贪污 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · tài–tāo (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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