high-ranking officials

high-ranking officials

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is g ǔ ng ǔ nzh ū g ō ng, which means the bureaucrats who are in high positions but do nothing. It comes from the song of drunkenness by Du Fu of Tang Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Du Fu's song of drunkenness in the Tang Dynasty: "when all the princes came to Taiwan, Mr. Guangwen was alone."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: dignitaries [antonym]: people, ordinary people, ordinary people

Idiom usage

The fourth volume of Guangyang Zaji written by Liu Xianting in Qing Dynasty: "in the past 20 years, when all the officials come to me, they are like wild horses and dust running through the window." Zheng Guanying's critical words of the prosperous age reclaiming wasteland: "if you are a sparrow, you have to follow suit. If you sit on the border of ten thousand li, you will give up your hand and let it be a strong enemy. Even if you don't plan for your descendants for a long time, and don't care about the kindness of the country, how can you explain yourself?" Yang Mo's song of youth, Part 1, Chapter 7: "he suddenly raised his head and said:" other schools petition, we protest, of course, to annoy the Duke of Nanjing. "