蠅營狗苟

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yíngyínggǒugǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄡˇ ㄍㄡˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yíngyínggǒugǒu [Phonetic: yíngyínggóugǒu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄡˇ ㄍㄡˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yngynggoougoou
  - IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵ iŋ³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Middle Chinese: /jɨŋ jwiᴇŋ kəu^X kəu^X/▼

Rime
Character	蠅	營	狗	苟
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)	以 (36)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	蒸 (133)	清 (122)	侯 (137)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	I	I
Fanqie	余陵切	余傾切	古厚切	古厚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨŋ/	/jwiᴇŋ/	/kəu^X/	/kəu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/jɨŋ/	/jʷiɛŋ/	/kəu^X/	/kəu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ieŋ/	/iuæŋ/	/kəu^X/	/kəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiŋ/	/jwiajŋ/	/kəw^X/	/kəw^X/
Li Rong	/iəŋ/	/iuɛŋ/	/ku^X/	/ku^X/
Wang Li	/jĭəŋ/	/jĭwɛŋ/	/kəu^X/	/kəu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯əŋ/	/i̯wɛŋ/	/kə̯u^X/	/kə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yíng	yóng	gǒu	gǒu

Idiom

蠅營狗苟

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

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