蠅營
yíng​yíng

to hustle for profit

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

    蝇营 / 蠅營 yíng​yíng

    狗苟蝇营 / 狗苟蠅營 gǒu​gǒu​yíng​yíng

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 蝇营/蠅營 · yíng​yíng · to hustle for profit — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    蝇营 / 蠅營

    yíng​yíng

    to hustle for profit

    to hustle or scurry about for small personal gains like a fly; often used to describe busy and unscrupulous behavior in pursuit of self-interest

    蝇 (literal) → 蝇/蠅 · yíng · fly 营 (literal) → 营/營 · yíng · to seek

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

    created sense