蠅營狗苟

Chinese

fly; musca
 
army; to deal in; to trade; to operate; to run; camp; nourishment; to manage
dog if indeed; thoughtless
trad. (蠅營狗苟)
simp. (蝇营狗苟)
Literally: “to mindlessly swarm like flies and dogs”.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1 1/1
Initial () (36) (36) (28) (28)
Final () (133) (122) (137) (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed Open Open
Division () III III I I
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/jɨŋ/ /jwiᴇŋ/ /kəuX/ /kəuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/jɨŋ/ /jʷiɛŋ/ /kəuX/ /kəuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ieŋ/ /iuæŋ/ /kəuX/ /kəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/jiŋ/ /jwiajŋ/ /kəwX/ /kəwX/
Li
Rong
/iəŋ/ /iuɛŋ/ /kuX/ /kuX/
Wang
Li
/jĭəŋ/ /jĭwɛŋ/ /kəuX/ /kəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/i̯əŋ/ /i̯wɛŋ/ /kə̯uX/ /kə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yíng yóng gǒu gǒu

Idiom

蠅營狗苟

  1. to shamelessly seek personal gain or profit by ingratiating oneself with the rich
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