清官难断家务事

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

Character by character

• 清(qīng)Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China
• 官(guān)surname Guan
• 难(nán)difficult
• 断(duàn)break
• 家(jiā)home
• 务(wù)affair
• 事(shì)matter