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

dāng

to be

guān

government official

no; not so

wèi

variant of 為|为[wei4]

mín

(bound form) the people

zuò

to make; to produce

zhǔ

owner

no; not so

as

huí

variant of 迴|回[hui2]

jiā

home

mài

to sell

hóng

red

shǔ

variant of 薯[shu3]