abuse power and take bribes

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