run after filth , as flies swarm around garbage

run after filth , as flies swarm around garbage

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is R ú y í ngzh ú ch ò u, which means like a fly following something with a bad smell. It refers to people who flatter and attach themselves to powerful people or pursue money and sex. From a dream of Red Mansions.

Idiom usage

The verb object type is used as predicate and attributive with derogatory meaning. The example is to follow the example of the people of a country. (on the origin of China's weakness by Liang Qichao in Qing Dynasty)

The origin of Idioms

The 77th chapter of Cao Xueqin's a dream of Red Mansions in Qing Dynasty: "the daughter-in-law is clever and has some beauty. Seeing that your son is incompetent, she dresses up as a demon every day. Her eyes are watery and the Lai family is getting angry. She gradually makes some romantic activities."