abuse power and take bribes
Recruiting power and accepting bribes is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is "zhaoqu á NN à Hu à", which means grasping power and accepting bribes. It comes from the biography of Ji Bu in the history of Han Dynasty.
Idiom explanation
Explanation: to recruit power: to abuse power; to accept bribes: to accept bribes. Grasp power and accept bribes.
Idioms and allusions
In the biography of Ji Bu in the history of Han Dynasty: "Cao Qiusheng, the debater, counted the number of power and money."
Examples of Idioms
For example: his father and son helped evil, recruited power and bribes, and betrayed officials. Feng Menglong, Ming Dynasty
Discrimination of words
Synonyms: recruiting power and accepting bribes
Idiom usage
He is greedy for money
Chinese PinYin : zhāo quán nà huì
abuse power and take bribes
one cannot shirk responsibility for one 's crimes. zuì zé nán táo
a scene of desolation after a plague when the population is decimated. shí shì jiǔ kōng
an exalted discussion and extensive statement. chóng lùn hóng yì
heaven and earth do not tolerate. tiān dì bù róng