當官不為民做主不如回家賣紅薯 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 当官不为民做主不如回家卖红薯 dāngguānbùwèimínzuòzhǔbùrúhuíjiāmàihóngshǔ ㄉㄤ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄏㄨㄟˊ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄇㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄨˇ if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes Character by character 當(dāng)be 官(guān)surname Guan 不(bù)no 為(wèi)because of 民(mín)surname Min 做(zuò)make 主(zhǔ)owner 不(bù)no 如(rú)as 回(huí)Hui ethnic group 家(jiā)home 賣(mài)sell 紅(hóng)surname Hong 薯(shǔ)potato A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0