serve an emperor and do service for a throne
Panlong Tuofeng, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p ā NL ó ngxi ù f è ng, which means "Panlong Fufeng", refers to fawning on powerful people for wealth. It's from Shi pin.
The idiom comes from the book of poetry written by Liang Zhong Rong of the Southern Dynasty: "there are many times when a dragon climbs to support a Phoenix, but when it comes to a car, it covers all kinds of things."
Chinese PinYin : pān lóng xiù fèng
serve an emperor and do service for a throne
the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks. hǎo shì duō mó
Little talent and little wisdom. cāi bó zhì qiǎn
Criticizing the red and judging the white. pī hóng pàn bái
fawn upon the rich and powerful persons. qū yán fù shì
stick to old ways stubbornly in the face of changed circumstances. jiāo zhù gǔ sè