假公济私 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• official authority used for private interests ; to attain private ends by abusing public position

Character by character

• 假jiǎfake, false, deceitful; vacation
• 公gōngfair, equitable; public; duke
• 济jìto aid, to help, to relieve; to ferry across
• 私sīpersonal, private, secret; selfish

Idioms sharing a character

• 不假思索 bù jiǎ sī suǒ
• 以假乱真 yǐ jiǎ luàn zhēn
• 假手于人 jiǎ shǒu yú rén
• 假途灭虢 jiǎ tú miè Guó
• 假道伐虢 jiǎ dào fá Guó
• 半真半假 bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ
• 弄假成真 nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn
• 弄虚作假 nòng xū zuò jiǎ
• 狐假虎威 hú jiǎ hǔ wēi
• 克己奉公 kè jǐ fèng gōng

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