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
Characters:
- 蝇 - fly, musca
- 营 - camp, barracks, army; to run, to manage
- 狗 - dog
- 苟 - careless, frivolous, illicit; but, if only
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