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Today, we explore the idiom 「賣官販爵」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
Describes political corruption where the ruling class makes money by selling official positions. Same as “selling official positions and titles.”
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
mài guān fàn jué
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
maai6 gun1 faan3/faan2 jeuk3
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