mài
guān
jué

idiom

Meaning of 卖官鬻爵

卖官鬻爵 means to sell government offices and titles for personal gain; corrupt practice of venality. Pronounced mài guān yù jué.

  • to sell government offices and titles for personal gain; corrupt practice of venality

Definitions & Examples

Dōng
Hàn
nián
 
cháo
tíng
bài
 
mài
guān
jué
de
xiàn
xiàng
shí
fēn
yán
zhòng
 

In the final years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the court was so corrupt that the practice of selling official posts was rampant.

Zhè
zhǒng
mài
guān
jué
de
gōu
dàng
 
zuì
zhōng
dǎo
zhì
le
zhěng
zhī
de
bēng
kuì
 

Such corrupt dealings of selling offices for profit ultimately led to the organization's collapse.

Zài
hēi
àn
de
nián
dài
 
mài
guān
jué
shèng
xíng
 
bǎi
xìng
kān
yán
 

In those dark times, venality was widespread, and the people suffered terribly.

men
jiān
jué
jué
mài
guān
jué
děng
bài
xíng
wéi
 

We must resolutely put an end to corrupt practices such as selling government offices.