阿党营私
ē​dǎng​yíng​sī

to form cliques for selfish ends

  • created sense approved 阿党营私/阿黨營私 · ē​dǎng​yíng​sī · to form cliques for selfish ends — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    阿党营私 / 阿黨營私

    ē​dǎng​yíng​sī

    to form cliques for selfish ends

    to form a faction or clique in order to pursue private interests; to collude for selfish gain

    阿 (literal) → 阿 · ē · to flatter 党 (literal) → 党/黨 · dǎng · to be partial to 营 (literal) → 营/營 · yíng · to seek 私 (literal) → 私 · sī · selfish

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    created sense