当官不为民做主不如回家卖红薯

dāng guān bù wèi mín zuò zhǔ bù rú huí jiā mài hóng shǔ

if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes

当

dāng

to be

官

guān

government official

不

bù

no; not so

为

wèi

variant of 為|为[wei4]

民

mín

(bound form) the people

做

zuò

to make; to produce

主

zhǔ

owner

不

bù

no; not so

如

rú

as

回

huí

variant of 迴|回[hui2]

家

jiā

home

卖

mài

to sell

红

hóng

red

薯

shǔ

variant of 薯[shu3]