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蝇营狗苟

yíng yíng gǒu gǒu

4-character word Traditional 蠅營狗苟

What 蝇营狗苟 means

1. (lit.) to swarm like flies around rotten food and drag out an ignoble existence like a dog (idiom)
2. (fig.) to lead an undignified life; to resort to any means for personal gain

The characters in 蝇营狗苟

• 蝇yíngfly; musca
• 营yíngcamp; barracks; battalion
• 狗gǒudog
• 苟gǒu(literary) if indeed; (bound form) careless; negligent; (bound form) temporarily