Taking advantage of public interests
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji è g ō NGX í ngs ī, which means to seek personal gain in the name of public affairs. From Guangyang Zaji.
The origin of Idioms
The first volume of Guangyang Zaji written by Liu Xianting in Qing Dynasty: "those who are good at forgetting deeds are jealous, those who do not impeach evil are better than others, those who disobey right and wrong are treacherous, and those who take advantage of public interests are cunning."
Idiom usage
Used as predicate, object, attribute; used of selfish people.
Chinese PinYin : jiè gōng xíng sī
Taking advantage of public interests
thousands upon thousands of horses and soldiers -- a powerful army. qiān jūn wàn mǎ
generation after generation of descendants. zǐ zǐ sūn sūn