Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「監守自盜」.
Here’s the idiom 「監守自盜」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Stealing property under one’s charge during official duties.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
jiān shǒu zì dào
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gaam1 sau2 ji6 dou6
Chinese idioms, with their vast variety, hold different meanings and uses. Their abundance makes studying them rewarding, and these materials are here to help you along the way.
