拿土地爷不当神仙

Traditional (Taiwan): 拿土地爺不當神仙

nátǔdìyébùdàngshénxiān ㄋㄚˊ ㄊㄨˇ ㄉㄧˋ ㄧㄝˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄤˋ ㄕㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢ

    • to look down on grassroots officials

Character by character

Saying俗语俗語

Idiom惯用语 · Rarely used now

May offend: mocks a group of people

Literally
not treating the Earth God as a deity
Meaning
To look down on grassroots officials. Critical of the one who does so.

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