结党营私 — Chinese idiom
结党营私
jié dǎng yíng sī
Traditional: 結黨營私
Meaning
- to form a clique for self-serving purposes
Character by character
- 结jiéknot, tie; to connect, to join
- 党dǎngpolitical party, gang, faction
- 营yíngcamp, barracks, army; to run, to manage
- 私sīpersonal, private, secret; selfish
Idioms sharing a character
- 劳逸结合 láo yì jié hé
- 喜结良缘 xǐ jié liáng yuán
- 喜结连理 xǐ jié lián lǐ
- 土洋结合 tǔ yáng jié hé
- 广结良缘 guǎng jié liáng yuán
- 张口结舌 zhāng kǒu jié shé
- 张灯结彩 zhāng dēng jié cǎi
- 愁肠百结 chóu cháng bǎi jié
- 凭轼结辙 píng shì jié zhé
- 成群结队 chéng qún jié duì
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