因公假私
    Pinyin: yīn gōng jiǎ sī

    Usage: 偏正式;作谓语;含贬义

    Explanation: 借公务谋取私利。

    Source: 《后汉书·李固传》因公假私,依正行邪。”

  • Thesaurus:  endless arrival of guests, forget morality and justice when one sees money, Inhuman, egoism, be extremely cruel and merciless, high ranking official high officials, mandarin, local tyrants and evilgentry; local bullus and evilgentry, high post with salaries to match, (in old China) officials of higher ranks minister, go on and miscellaneous, encroach upon the interests of sb. for one's own good, job, benefit oneself at the expense of public inte, be rich and cruel, bloodiness callosity, egocentricity, corruption malfeasance, use of unfair or corrupt methods in order to gain a financial or political advantage, malfeasance, dereliction
  • Antonym Group:  be no respecter of persons, serve the public without thought of advantage to oneself, Busniss is business., be so devoted to public interests as to forget one’ s own interests, inspiring awe by upholding justice; uphold the cause f righteousness, place righteousness above family loyalty; punish one's own relations in the cause of justice, not make chalk of one and cheese of the other, Feelingless Absolute justice, mirror beetle, uprightness, Ruined house to relieve, Little Self-care Especially benefit, Law does not Kuei, dragnet callosity, Without fear or favour Mie Si, Qin mirror beetle, sacrifice the great [last, supreme] sacrifice, Kyodo hanging mirror