Take bribes and circumvent the law
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王经理贪赃枉法，挪用公款，终于被捕 | Wáng jīnglǐ tānzāngwǎngfǎ, nuóyòng gōngkuǎn, zhōngyú bèi bǔ
Manager Wang, who was corrupt and embezzled funds, was finally arrested
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公职人员要有更高的道德操守，千万不可贪赃枉法 | Gōngzhí rényuán yào yǒu gèng gāo de dàodé cāoshǒu, qiān wàn bùkě tānzāng wǎngfǎ
Government employees must have even higher moral standards, and they absolutely cannot accept bribes and bend the law
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《陈州粜米》(Chén Zhōu Tiào Mǐ), a musical comedy compiled by various authors in the Yuán Dynasty (元, 1279 - 1368)
This chengyu is from a line in the work listed in the "Origin" section above