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蝇营狗苟

Traditional form:

蠅營狗苟

Pinyin (reading):

yíngyínggǒugǒu

Definitions:

  • lit. to swarm like flies around rotten food and drag out an ignoble existence like a dog (idiom)
  • fig. to lead an undignified life; to resort to any means for personal gain

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