戴马桶坐大堂，脏冠戴馬桶坐大堂，髒冠戴馬桶坐大堂，髒冠

wearing a chamber pot while sitting in court: dirty hat

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Ridicules a corrupt official. Mocking and scornful.
Wordplay: 脏 (zāng, dirty) is a pun on 赃 (zāng, stolen goods), and 冠 (guān, hat) on 官 (guān, official), so 'dirty hat' sounds like 'corrupt official'.

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Simplified: 戴马桶坐大堂，脏冠
Traditional (Taiwan): 戴馬桶坐大堂，髒冠
Pinyin: dài mǎtǒng zuò dàtáng, zāng guàn
Bopomofo: ㄉㄞˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄊㄨㄥˇ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄤˊ，ㄗㄤㄍㄨㄢˋ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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