gōng
bào
chóu

idiom
common

Meaning of 官报私仇

官报私仇 means to use public office or authority to settle a personal grudge; to abuse power for private revenge. Pronounced gōng bào sī chóu.

  • to use public office or authority to settle a personal grudge; to abuse power for private revenge

Definitions & Examples

ge
guān
yuán
yòng
zhí
quán
 
duì
píng
de
rén
jìn
xíng
bào
 
wán
quán
shì
gōng
bào
chóu
 

That official abused his authority to retaliate against his critics, which is purely using public office to avenge a personal grudge.

gěi
tóng
shì
ān
pái
zuì
zuì
lèi
de
huór
zhè
 
nán
dào
shì
gōng
bào
chóu
ma
 
 

He assigned the hardest and most tiring tasks to his colleague. Isn't this just abusing his position for personal vengeance?

Zhè
zhǒng
xíng
wéi
shǔ
diǎn
xíng
de
gōng
bào
chóu
 
yán
zhòng
wéi
fǎn
le
zhí
dào
 

This type of behavior is a classic case of using public office to settle private scores and severely violates professional ethics.