fish for fame
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g ū m í ngy à oy à, which means fishing for fame. To gain fame by some improper means. It comes from volume 4-2 of Zhu Zi Yu Lei by Zhu Xi of Song Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Zhu Xi's Zhuzi Yu Lei of Song Dynasty (volume 4-2): "Zi Zhang's asking, hearing and reaching is a chapter. Reaching is the end of practicing, and hearing is the end of fame."
Idiom usage
It refers to people hunting for fame
fish for fame
Be meticulous in speech and smile - yán xiào bù gǒu
A dog cannot spit Ivory out of its mouth - gǒu kǒu lǐ tǔ bù chū xiàng yá
have no place too ashamed to show one 's face - wú dì kě róng
adopt a wrong method to save a situation and end up by making it worse - bào xīn jiù huǒ