损公肥私 — Chinese idiom
损公肥私
sǔn gōng féi sī
Traditional: 損公肥私
Meaning
- to damage the public interest for personal profit ; personal profit at public expense
- venal and selfish behavior
Character by character
- 损sǔnto damage, to harm
- 公gōngfair, equitable; public; duke
- 肥féifat, plump, obese; fertile
- 私sīpersonal, private, secret; selfish
Idioms sharing a character
- 损人利己 sǔn rén lì jǐ
- 欲益反损 yù yì fǎn sǔn
- 假公济私 jiǎ gōng jì sī
- 克己奉公 kè jǐ fèng gōng
- 公之于世 gōng zhī yú shì
- 公之于众 gōng zhī yú zhòng
- 公事公办 gōng shì gōng bàn
- 公而忘私 gōng ér wàng sī
- 公诸同好 gōng zhū tóng hào
- 公诸于世 gōng zhū yú shì
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