bureaucrats shield one another

bureaucrats shield one another

In Chinese, the Pinyin is Gu ā NGU ā nxi ā NGW é I, which means officials cover up each other. It comes from a dream of butterflies by Guan Hanqing of Yuan Dynasty.

Idiom usage

It's also an example of the mutual protection between officials. You can be very virtuous.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: officials guarding each other, officials protecting each other

The origin of Idioms

The second part of the butterfly dream written by Guan Hanqing in Yuan Dynasty: "you are all officials and relatives, and you are also a royal family."

Idiom explanation

It means that officials shield each other. It is the same as "protecting officials".