hire oneself out to(mài shēn tóu kào)

hire oneself out to

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m à ISH à NT ó UK à o, which means to sell yourself and take refuge in powerful people; it means to lose personality and willingly act as a tool of evil forces. It comes from the postscript of the talk on quasi wind and moon.

The origin of Idioms

Lu Xun's postscript to the talk of the wind and the moon: "when I see the eagle dog of a rich family, I know more about the insidious people who sell themselves to power in the Ming Dynasty."

Idiom usage

It refers to taking refuge in a powerful person. example many traitors of our people sell themselves to take refuge. With the help of foreign forces in order to get promoted and rich. Pu Ren's "seven years in 2000"

Chinese PinYin : mài shēn tóu kào