清官难断家务事

even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute (proverb)

matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]

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]

difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good

disaster / distress / to scold

Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of imperial China (1644-1911) / surname Qing

clear / distinct / quiet / just and honest / pure / to settle or clear up / to clean up or purge

(of water etc) clear; clean / quiet; still / pure; uncorrupted / clear; distinct / to clear; to settle (accounts)

to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly

surname Guan

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

household duties / housework

affair / business / matter / to be engaged in / to attend to / by all means

honest and upright official (traditional)