达官贵人 dá guān guì rén high-ranking officials and wealthy people

Explanation

达官贵人指的是地位高的大官和出身豪门、显赫的人。通常用来形容那些社会地位高、权力大的人。

It refers to high-ranking officials and wealthy people from aristocratic families. It's usually used to describe people with high social status and great power.

Origin Story

话说唐朝时期，长安城内纸醉金迷，达官贵人们过着奢靡的生活。御史大夫张九龄却是一位清廉正直的官员，他看不惯这些达官贵人的腐败行径。一次，张九龄路过西市，看到一群达官贵人正围着一辆华美的马车，车里装满了珍奇异宝。张九龄心中暗想：这些钱财都是百姓的血汗钱，怎能被你们如此挥霍？于是，他上前劝诫这些达官贵人，要他们克己奉公，为百姓谋福利。达官贵人们听了张九龄的话，表面上点头称是，但心里却很不服气。他们觉得张九龄不过是一个清官，没有他们有钱有势，根本就不懂他们的生活。然而，张九龄却始终坚持自己的原则，不畏权势，为民请命。他的清廉正直深深感动了百姓，也赢得了后人的敬仰。

huà shuō táng cháo shí qī, cháng ān chéng nèi zhǐ zuì jīn mí, dá guān guì rén men guò zhe shē mí de shēng huó. yù shǐ dài fū zhāng jiǔ líng què shì yī wèi qīng lián zhèng zhí de guān yuán, tā kàn bu guàn zhèxiē dá guān guì rén de fǔ bài xíng jìng. yī cì, zhāng jiǔ líng lù guò xī shì, kàn dào yī qún dá guān guì rén zhèng wéi zhe yī liàng huá měi de mà chē, chē lǐ zhuāng mǎn le zhēn qí yì bǎo. zhāng jiǔ líng xīn zhōng àn xiǎng: zhèxiē qián cái dōu shì bǎi xìng de xuè hàn qián, zěn néng bèi nǐ men rú cǐ huī huò? yú shì, tā shàng qián quàn jiè zhèxiē dá guān guì rén, yào tāmen kè jǐ fèng gōng, wèi bǎi xìng móu fù lí. dá guān guì rén men tīng le zhāng jiǔ líng de huà, biǎo miàn shàng diǎn tóu chēng shì, dàn xīn lǐ què hěn bù fú qì. tāmen jué de zhāng jiǔ líng bù guò shì yīgè qīng guān, méiyǒu tāmen yǒu qián yǒu shì, gēn běn jiù bù dǒng tāmen de shēng huó. rán ér, zhāng jiǔ líng què shǐ zhōng jiān chí zì jǐ de yuán zé, bù wèi quán shì, wèi mín qǐng mìng. tā de qīng lián zhèng zhí shēn shēn gǎn dòng le bǎi xìng, yě yíng dé le hòu rén de jìng yǎng.

During the Tang Dynasty, the city of Chang'an was immersed in luxury and extravagance, and high-ranking officials lived lavish lives. However, Yushi Daifu Zhang Jiuling was a clean and upright official who disapproved of the corrupt practices of these officials. Once, while passing through Xishi Market, Zhang Jiuling saw a group of high-ranking officials gathered around a magnificent carriage loaded with rare treasures. Zhang Jiuling thought to himself, "This money is the hard-earned money of the people, how can it be squandered like this?" So he stepped forward to admonish these high-ranking officials to be self-disciplined, to serve the public honestly, and to work for the benefit of the people. The high-ranking officials listened to Zhang Jiuling's words and nodded in agreement on the surface, but they were very unhappy in their hearts. They felt that Zhang Jiuling was just a clean official, without their money and power, and simply did not understand their lives. However, Zhang Jiuling always adhered to his principles, not fearing power, and pleaded for the people. His integrity and uprightness deeply moved the people and won the admiration of posterity.

Usage

该词语通常用于形容那些社会地位高、权力大的人，有时也带有讽刺的意味。

gāi cíyǔ tōngcháng yòng yú xíngróng nàxiē shèhuì dìwèi gāo, quánlì dà de rén, yǒushí yě dài yǒu fěngcì de yìwèi

This idiom is usually used to describe people with high social status and great power; sometimes it also implies irony.

Examples

• 达官贵人出入其间。

  dá guān guì rén chūrù qí jiān

  High-ranking officials come and go there.

• 那些达官贵人，平时作威作福，一旦出了事，却一个都跑得比兔子还快。

  nàxiē dá guān guì rén, píngshí zuòwēi zuòfú, yīdàn chūle shì, què yīgè dōu pǎo de bǐ tùzi hái kuài

  These high-ranking officials are arrogant and overbearing in their daily lives, but when something happens, they all run away faster than rabbits.

Related Idioms

• 显赫

• 权贵

• 高官显宦

Opposite Idioms

• 平民百姓

• 黎民百姓

• 普通百姓