清官難審家庭事
Chinese
honest and upright official | disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good | to examine; to investigate; carefully to examine; to investigate; carefully; to try (in court) | family; household | matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair | ||
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trad. (清官難審家庭事) | 清官 | 難 | 審 | 家庭 | 事 | |
simp. (清官难审家庭事) | 清官 | 难 | 审 | 家庭 | 事 |
Pronunciation
Proverb
清官難審家庭事
- (Cantonese) even upright officials find it hard to settle family quarrels
Synonyms
- 清官難斷家務事/清官难断家务事 (qīngguān nán duàn jiāwù shì)