不怕官,只怕管

lit. it is not an official to be feared, but a person in direct control over sb (proverb) / fig. to be obliged to comply with people in authority

Characters and words in 不怕官,只怕管

(negative prefix) / not / no

= + : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
fearless / not worried (by setbacks or difficulties) / even if / even though
surname Pa

= + : Someone is approaching Pinocchio with a flail in the ashram's bathroom. He can do nothing but wave his white flag in terror.
to be afraid / to fear / to dread / to be unable to endure / perhaps

= + : Someone is approaching Pinocchio with a flail in the ashram's bathroom. He can do nothing but wave his white flag in terror.
surname Guan
government official / governmental / official / public / organ of the body / CL:個|个[ge4]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: to symbolize the bureaucracy involved in every governmental system I'll use a folder.

= + : Gitta Giraffe just graduated from anthill, and standing in front of it, still wearing her graduation cap, she's ready to assume her post as government official. She already has a folder under each arm and is wearing big safety glasses (be safe at work!).
only / merely / just / but

= + : Mnemonic symbol: this character looks like something (a head?) on two legs. I'll just represent it by a cuttlefish (只). James II of England (zh) has been in the space station (Ø3) as the only (只) one for too long and went mad. He thinks he's holding a mandarin (口), but he's just about to bite into merely (只) an eight ball (八). On the top of his head is a cuttlefish (只) he mistook for a hat.
variant of 只[zhi3]
grain that has begun to ripen
variant of 只[zhi3]
classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
I'm afraid that... / perhaps / maybe / very likely
variant of 管[guan3]

= + : As a government offficial, Gitta Giraffe is checking the books of the anthill inside of it. She has to check many many folders, and to protect herself and her work, she's beating anyone who gets too close with a bamboo stick.
surname Guan

= + : As a government offficial, Gitta Giraffe is checking the books of the anthill inside of it. She has to check many many folders, and to protect herself and her work, she's beating anyone who gets too close with a bamboo stick.
to take care (of) / to control / to manage / to be in charge of / to look after / to run / to care about / tube / pipe / woodwind / classifier for tube-shaped objects / particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions / writing brush / (coll.) to / towards

= + : As a government offficial, Gitta Giraffe is checking the books of the anthill inside of it. She has to check many many folders, and to protect herself and her work, she's beating anyone who gets too close with a bamboo stick.

Words with 不怕官,只怕管

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Sentences with 不怕官,只怕管

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