官場

官场
guānchǎng
  1. officialdom
  2. bureaucracy

CEDICT

  1. (usually derogatory) official circles; officialdom; bureaucracy
  2. official circles; officialdom; bureaucracy

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 官 guān
  1. government official
  2. governmental
  3. official
  4. public
  5. organ of the body

classifier: 個
2 場 chǎng
  1. large place used for a specific purpose
  2. stage
  3. scene (of a play)
  4. classifier for sporting or recreational activities
  5. classifier for number of exams

Containing this entry

官場現形記 Guānchǎng Xiànxíng Jì Observations on the Current State of Officialdom, late Qing novel by Li Baojia 李寶嘉 Lǐ Bǎojià

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