「清官」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: cing1 gun1
Individual
Character Meaning:
清 clear; to clean; pure; simple; (of food) light; plain; not greasy; completely; thoroughly; to deplete; to use up; to finish up; to empty; to remove; the Qing Dynasty
官 bureaucrat; government official; government; judge; judicial officer
Part of Speech: noun
Explanation:
honest and uncorrupted government official (measure word: 個)
(Cant.) 清官難審家庭事cing1 gun1 naan4 sam2 gaa1 ting4 si6
(Eng.) to describe complicated family affairs that even a good judge cannot give a wise judgment of them
(Cant.) 而ji4家gaa1呢ni1個go3年nin4代doi6想soeng2揾wan2個go3清cing1官gun1都dou1難naan4。
(Eng.) It's hard to find an honest government official nowadays.
See also: 一朝天子一朝臣 外戚 官人 父母官 皇親國戚 芝麻官 荷官 行俠仗義 貪贓枉法 鐵面無私 (類近詞彙取自ToastyNews數據分析)
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