| 涓滴归公 |
juān dī guī gōng |
every drop returns to the public good (idiom); not one penny is misused |
| 涓 |
Juān |
surname Juan |
| 涓 |
juān |
brook / to select |
| 涓滴 |
juān dī |
tiny stream / trickle / drops / tiny trickle of funds |
| 滴 |
dī |
a drop / to drip |
| 归 |
Guī |
surname Gui |
| 归 |
guī |
to return / to go back to / to give back to / (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by / to belong to / to gather together / (used between two identical verbs) despite / to marry (of a woman) (old) / division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor |
| 归公 |
guī gōng |
to commandeer / to take over for the state |
| 公 |
gōng |
public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) |