宦海

huànhǎi
  1. officialdom
  2. bureaucracy

CEDICT

  1. (literary, figurative) officialdom; society of officials
  2. officialdom; society of officials

Wiktionary

因仕宦升沉無定，多風波險阻，如海潮起伏，故稱為「宦海」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 宦 huàn
  1. imperial official
  2. court eunuch
2 海 hǎi
  1. ocean
  2. sea
  3. great number of people or things
  4. (dialect) numerous

classifiers: 個, 片

Containing this entry

宦海風波 huànhǎifēngbō
  1. lit. raging sea of bureaucracy
  2. officials causing a big fuss
宦海浮沉 huànhǎifúchén

Related entries

官場 guānchǎng
  1. officialdom
  2. bureaucracy
官僚主義 guānliáozhǔyì bureaucracy
官僚習氣 guānliáoxíqì
  1. (derog.) bureaucracy
  2. red tape
官僚 guānliáo
  1. bureaucrat
  2. bureaucracy
  3. bureaucratic