to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom); personal profit at public expense; venal and selfish behavior
trad. 損公肥私
Also written 損公肥私【sǔn gōng féi sī】
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4损
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(bound form) to decrease; to diminish, (bound form) to harm; to damage, (coll.) to ridicule; to deride, (coll.) mean; nasty; sarcastic
- Pinyin
- sǔn
- Traditional
- 損
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 43350 of 2500
公
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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
肥
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fat, fertile, loose-fitting or large, to fertilize, to become rich by illegal means, fertilizer, manure
- Pinyin
- féi
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 8295 of 2500
私
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personal, private, selfish
- Pinyin
- sī
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 15909 of 2500