seek after glory by selling out one 's own country

seek after glory by selling out one 's own country

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m à IGU ó Qi ú R ó ng, which means selling national interests for personal interests. From Volume 6 of Rong Zhai essays.

Analysis of Idioms

The opposite is to be concerned about one's country and forget one's family, to die for one's country and to serve one's country wholeheartedly

The origin of Idioms

Volume 6 of Rong Zhai essays written by Hong Mai of Song Dynasty: "Su Xun and his son Kai said that they had made contributions to Liang Dynasty, so they should not be promoted. He was loyal to the people and despised him as an owl of the Tang Dynasty. He sold his country for glory, became an official and returned to the fields

Idiom usage

Serial verb; predicate, attribute; derogatory. Example Jia Sidao, please correct quickly. The sixth chapter of the history of pain by Wu Jianren in the Qing Dynasty and the third chapter of the complete biography of Shuoyue: "men and women, dogs! Your father and son are going to kill you by betraying the country and seeking honor and harming the good people. Do you still want to go there for the Revenge of killing your father today? 」

Idioms and allusions

King Ling of Chu was ready to invade the state of CAI, and the envoys of the state of Chen reported the death of the former monarch and his son to the throne. Sheng, the third son of marquis Chen, and Wu, the son of Yanshi, the prince, came to report that the prince had murdered and killed Yanshi and left him. King Ling of Chu immediately sent troops to fight against Gongzi Guo. Situ Zhao killed Gongzi Guo and betrayed his country for honor. As a result, he was sent to Donghai.