蠅營狗苟
yíng​yíng​gǒu​gǒu

to shamelessly seek personal gain

  • created reference approved 蝇营狗苟/蠅營狗苟 → 狗苟蝇营/狗苟蠅營 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    蝇营狗苟 / 蠅營狗苟 yíng​yíng​gǒu​gǒu

    狗苟蝇营 / 狗苟蠅營 gǒu​gǒu​yíng​yíng

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 蝇营狗苟/蠅營狗苟 · yíng​yíng​gǒu​gǒu · to shamelessly seek personal gain — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    蝇营狗苟 / 蠅營狗苟

    yíng​yíng​gǒu​gǒu

    to shamelessly seek personal gain

    To swarm like flies around rotten food and live like a dog; describes resorting to any means for profit or leading an undignified life without shame.

    蝇 (literal) → 蝇/蠅 · yíng · fly 营 (literal) → 营/營 · yíng · to seek 狗 (literal) → 狗 · gǒu · to fawn 苟 (literal) → 苟 · gǒu · careless

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense