当官不为民做主不如回家卖红薯

if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes

(onom.) dong / ding dong (bell)

to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at

at or in the very same... / suitable / adequate / fitting / proper / to replace / to regard as / to think / to pawn / (coll.) to fail (a student)

surname Guan

government official / governmental / official / public / organ of the body / CL:個|个[ge4]

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)

because of / for / to

variant of 為|为[wei2] / as (i.e. in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do

variant of 為|为[wei4]

variant of 為|为[wei2]

surname Min

(bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country

to make; to produce / to write; to compose / to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for / to assume (an air or manner)

see 作主[zuo4 zhu3]

owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games)

not equal to / not as good as / inferior to / it would be better to

as / as if / such as

to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) / time / classifier for acts of a play / section or chapter (of a classic book)

to curve / to return / to revolve

variant of 迴|回[hui2]

to return home

see 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5]

home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4]

to sell / to betray / to spare no effort / to show off or flaunt

surname Hong

red / popular / revolutionary / bonus

sweet potato

potato / yam

variant of 薯[shu3]