Sell from the south to the North
Nanshang Beijia, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is n á NF à Nb à Ig à, which means running around to make a living. It comes from Yi Lin by Jiao Yanshou of Han Dynasty.
Idiom explanation
To make a living.
The origin of Idioms
Jiao Yanshou's Yilin of the Han Dynasty, Volume 8: "sell in the South and sell in the north, make a city with resentment, and gain autonomy."
Idiom usage
As a subject, object, attribute
Sell from the south to the North
thieves and police work together , as the cat and the rat sleep together - māo shǔ tóng rǔ
gnash the teeth with angry looks - chēn mù qiē chǐ