official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position
trad. 假公濟私
Also written 假公濟私【jiǎ gōng jì sī】
Characters in this word
4假
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
used in 假掰[gei1 bai1]
- Pinyin
- gēi
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 1399 of 2500
公
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
public, collectively owned, common, international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar), make public, fair, just, Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], honorable (gentlemen), father-in-law, male (animal)
- Pinyin
- gōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 10647 of 2500
济
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
used in place names associated with the Ji River 濟水|济水[Ji3 Shui3], surname Ji
- Pinyin
- Jǐ
- Traditional
- 濟
- Strokes
- 9
私
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
personal, private, selfish
- Pinyin
- sī
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 15909 of 2500