损公肥私 — Chinese idiom

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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