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Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「賣官鬻獄」, with more below.

Introducing the Chinese idiom 「賣官鬻獄」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.

It refers to accepting bribes, selling official titles, and making wrongful judgments.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

mài guān yù yù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

maai6 gun1 yuk6 yuk6

The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.