embezzle; line one's pockets
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to enrich oneself by embezzlement or profiteering; to line one's pockets
derogatoryCarries a strong negative connotation of corruption. Often used in formal contexts discussing financial misconduct or in the idiom '中饱自肥'.
Tā他
lì利
yòng用
zhí职
quán权
，
zhōng中
bǎo饱
zì自
féi肥
。
He abused his power to embezzle funds for his own enrichment.
Zhè这
zhǒng种
gōng公
kuǎn款
chī吃
hē喝
de的
xíng行
wéi为
，
běn本
zhì质
shàng上
jiù就
shì是
zì自
féi肥
。
This kind of wining and dining on public funds is essentially self-enrichment.
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Wǒ我
men们
bì必
xū须
fáng防
zhǐ止
guān官
yuán员
jiè借
gōng工
chéng程
zhāo招
biāo标
zhī之
jī机
zì自
féi肥
。
We must prevent officials from using project bidding as an opportunity to line their own pockets.