one's private ends

one's private ends

Private, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī J ǐ zh ī s ī, which means personal selfish, selfish. It comes from the book of Luoyang gardens.

The origin of Idioms

Li Gefei of the Song Dynasty wrote in the book of Luoyang famous gardens: "do you want to enjoy this place when you let go of your own private interests and forget about the rule of the world?"

Idiom usage

As an object; of personal opinion. Chapter 115 of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of Ming Dynasty. I've attacked Wei eight times now. Is it for my own personal gain? Now we should take Taoyang first. If you disobey me, you will be killed! "Dangkou Zhi" chapter 78: "I wait for the old and young? For his own sake alone, he abandoned the world's major affairs! " Zhang Binglin's letter to the press: on the one hand, it disturbs politics, on the other hand, it shakes the hearts of the people, all of which are deliberately fabricated by corrupt bureaucrats, in order to achieve their own interests.