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qīngtiān dàlǎoyé

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English Definition	(coll.) just and incorruptible official
Simplified Script	青天大老爷
Traditional Script	青天大老爺
Pinyin	qīngtiān dàlǎoyé
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄑㄧㄥㄊㄧㄢㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	cing¹tin¹ daai⁶lou⁵je⁴

Word Decomposition
青天	qīngtiān	clear sky; blue sky; upright and honorable (official)
大老爷	dà lǎoyé	Great master, the eldest man in a big, rich family

Words With Same Head Word
青天白日	qīngtiān báirì	in broad daylight; in the middle of the day; KMT emblem, a white sun on a blue background
青天霹雳	qīngtiān pīlì	thunder from a clear sky (idiom); a bolt from the blue

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