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
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

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ gun¹ naan⁴ sam² gaa¹ ting⁴ si⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ gun¹ naan⁴ sam² gaa¹ ting⁴ si⁶
    • Yale: chīng gūn nàahn sám gā tìhng sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ gun¹ naan⁴ sam² gaa¹ ting⁴ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ gun¹ nan⁴ sem² ga¹ ting⁴ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ kuːn⁵⁵ naːn²¹ sɐm³⁵ kaː⁵⁵ tʰɪŋ²¹ siː²²/

Proverb

清官難審家庭事

1. (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)