Collect complaints and seek flattery

Collect complaints and seek flattery

As a Chinese idiom, Li à NYU à nqi ú m è I in pinyin means to collect money and things because of flattery and regardless of people's resentment. From Zizhitongjian, the first year of zongdali in Tang Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Zizhitongjian, the first year of zongdali in Tang Dynasty: "on the birthday of last year, all the festival envoys presented gold, silk, utensils and clothes, curios and horses for longevity, with a total of 240000 yuan. Chang gunshang said that "if a Jiedushi can't be cultivated by men and woven by women, he must take it from others. He can't keep his grievances and flattery for a long time."

Idiom usage

To act as a predicate, attribute, or object