vested interest

vested interest

Vested interest, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ì D é L ì y ì, which means that people or groups have obtained certain legal special rights and interests. It comes from Mao Zedong's notice on the rear left behind places of the Eighth Route Army of the Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia border region government.

The origin of Idioms

Mao Zedong's "Notice of the rear left behind Office of the Eighth Route Army of the government of the Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia border region" said: "at the beginning of domestic peace, all the land and houses that have been allocated and debts that have been abolished within the jurisdiction of the border region, our government should protect the people's vested interests and should not change them without authorization."

Idiom usage

As subject, object, attribute; used in dealing with affairs.

Examples

Since this is his ~, he will not give up lightly.