Abandon the public for private
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Q ì g ō ngy í ngs ī, which means to abandon public welfare and seek private interests. From the history of the Yuan Dynasty
The origin of Idioms
According to the chronicle of emperor TAIDING in the history of the Yuan Dynasty, "the envoys of the four sides, who were worshipped for public and private purposes, were not honest. Therefore, the gods were not familiar with the standard. Please choose them carefully."
Idiom usage
It means to seek personal gain. example Communists should not abandon public interests.
Chinese PinYin : qì gōng yíng sī
Abandon the public for private
the soil is sterile and the people are poor. dì jí mín pín
thousands and thousands of words. qiān yán wàn shuō
be unable to carry on even for a single day. bù kě zhōng rì
even a drop of water couldn 't leak out. shuǐ xiè bù tōng
study with undivided attention ; be badly off. bù zhī ròu wèi