ingratiate oneself with someone to gain one 's ends

ingratiate oneself with someone to gain one 's ends

Gougoufeiying is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is g ǒ UG ǒ uy í ngy í ng. It is shameless like a dog and flies around like a fly. It refers to unscrupulous and shameless for fame and wealth.

Notes on Idioms

Gou: muddle along; Ying: seek.

The origin of Idioms

Han Yu, Tang Dynasty, wrote in the article of sending poor people away: "the flies are fighting the dogs, driving them away and returning." Isn't it a very gratifying thing that we can't escape the light of the holy candle after all? (the 21st chapter of the flower of the evil sea by Zeng Pu in Qing Dynasty)