Taking advantage of public interests

Taking advantage of public interests

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji è g ō NGX í ngs ī, which means to seek personal gain in the name of public affairs. From Guangyang Zaji.

The origin of Idioms

The first volume of Guangyang Zaji written by Liu Xianting in Qing Dynasty: "those who are good at forgetting deeds are jealous, those who do not impeach evil are better than others, those who disobey right and wrong are treacherous, and those who take advantage of public interests are cunning."

Idiom usage

Used as predicate, object, attribute; used of selfish people.