For the sake of public affairs
It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is y ī ng ō ngji ǎ s ī, which means to seek personal gain through official business. It comes from the biography of Li Gu in the later Han Dynasty by Fan Ye in the Southern Song Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Li Gu Zhuan in the book of the later Han Dynasty: "acting according to the right and acting according to the wrong for public affairs."
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: faking the public for personal gain
Idiom usage
It's a predicate.
For the sake of public affairs
take up the positions of the fallen and rise to fight one after another - qián pū hòu jì
be at peace at seeing peach flowers flowing away with water - liú shuǐ táo huā
Cut down on the achievements and reserve the ability - fá gōng jīn néng
attend to trifles to the neglect of essentials - juān běn zhú mò
burn the bridge after crossing it - guò qiáo chāi qiáo