sell offices and barter ranks

sell offices and barter ranks

Selling officials and barons is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is m à IGU à nm à IJU é, which means accepting money and selling officials and barons. From the diary of fufenju.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: betraying officials and despising nobility, betraying officials and despising nobility, betraying officials and despising prison

The origin of Idioms

In the diary of fufenju written by Wang rurun in Qing Dynasty, it is said that "in this dynasty, there was no one who was reliable."

Idiom usage

It refers to official corruption.

Examples

Nowadays, there is also a phenomenon of selling officials and barons.