| 当官不为民做主不如回家卖红薯 |
dāng guān bù wèi mín zuò zhǔ bù rú huí jiā mài hóng shǔ |
if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes |
| 当 |
dāng |
(onom.) dong / ding dong (bell) |
| 当 |
dāng |
to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at |
| 当 |
dàng |
at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student) |
| 官 |
Guān |
surname Guan |
| 官 |
guān |
government official / governmental / official / public / organ of the body / CL:个 |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 为 |
wéi |
as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice) |
| 为 |
wèi |
because of / for / to |
| 为 |
wéi |
variant of 为 |
| 为 |
wèi |
variant of 为 |
| 民 |
Mín |
surname Min |
| 民 |
mín |
(bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country |
| 做 |
zuò |
to make; to produce / to write; to compose / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) |
| 做主 |
zuò zhǔ |
variant of 作主 |
| 主 |
zhǔ |
owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games) |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 不如 |
bù rú |
not equal to; not as good as; inferior to / it would be better to |
| 如 |
rú |
as / as if / such as |
| 回 |
huí |
to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) / time / classifier for acts of a play / section or chapter (of a classic book) |
| 回 |
huí |
to curve / to return / to revolve |
| 回 |
huí |
variant of 回 |
| 回家 |
huí jiā |
to return home |
| 家 |
jiā |
used in 家伙 and 家俱 |
| 家 |
jiā |
home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:个 |
| 卖 |
mài |
to sell / to betray / to spare no effort / to show off or flaunt |
| 红 |
Hóng |
surname Hong |
| 红 |
gōng |
used in 女红 |
| 红 |
hóng |
red / popular / revolutionary / bonus |
| 红薯 |
hóng shǔ |
sweet potato |
| 薯 |
shǔ |
potato / yam |
| 薯 |
shǔ |
variant of 薯 |