貪官汚吏

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たん
Grade: S
かん
Grade: 4

Grade: S

Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 貪官 (tankan, greedy official) + 汚吏 (ori, corrupt official).

May be read as donkan ori instead, using the kan'yōyomi of don for the first character. However, the straight kan'on reading of tankan ori is the most common.

Pronunciation

Noun

貪官汚吏 (hiragana たんかんおり, rōmaji tankan ori, alternative reading どんかんおり, rōmaji donkan ori)

  1. corrupt official

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

貪官汚吏 (tamgwanori) (hangeul 탐관오리)

  1. Hanja form? of 탐관오리 (corrupt official).
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