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賣官鬻爵
  maai6 gun1 juk6 zoek3   jyutping
  mai4 guan1 yu4 jue2   pinyin
receive a bribe and sell off positions and titles to gain wealth - less common var.

Idiom

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
賣官鬻爵 / 卖官鬻爵

This word has been viewed 1317 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 27th Aug 2010 00:47 and last edited on 27th Aug 2010 00:48
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Characters in this word:

 maai6  -  sell
 gun1  -  government official
 juk6  -  sell; vend
 zoek3  -  peerage; rank of nobility
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