賣友求榮

See also: 卖友求荣

Chinese

		sell	friend	to seek; to look for; to request to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech	glory; honoured
trad. (賣友求榮)		賣	友	求	榮
simp. (卖友求荣)		卖	友	求	荣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): màiyǒuqiúróng

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: màiyǒuqiúróng
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: màiyǒucióuróng
  - Wade–Giles: mai⁴-yu³-chʻiu²-jung²
  - Yale: mài-yǒu-chyóu-rúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mayyeouchyourong
  - Palladius: майюцюжун (majjucjužun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʐʊŋ³⁵/

Idiom

賣友求榮

to betray one's friend to obtain promotion
他為了這個職位不惜賣友求榮。 [MSC, trad.]
他为了这个职位不惜卖友求荣。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā wèile zhège zhíwèi bùxī màiyǒuqiúróng. [Pinyin]
He did not hesitate to betray his friend to obtain the position.
- “瘐死狱中的卖国巨奸周佛海”, in 人民网‎^[1] (overall work in Chinese), 2014 April 9
  8 月 16 日，在陈公博宣布南京伪国民政府解散的当天晚上，周佛海便挂出了“国民党军事委员会京沪行动总队南京指挥部”的牌子，声言效忠蒋介石，气得他的老搭挡陈公博骂他“卖友求荣”。 [MSC, simp.]
  8 月 16 日，在陳公博宣布南京偽國民政府解散的當天晚上，周佛海便掛出了“國民黨軍事委員會京滬行動總隊南京指揮部”的牌子，聲言效忠蔣介石，氣得他的老搭擋陳公博罵他“賣友求榮”。 [MSC, trad.]
  8 yuè 16 rì, zài Chén Gōngbó xuānbù Nánjīng wěi guómín zhèngfǔ jiěsàn de dāngtiān wǎnshang, Zhōu Fóhǎi biàn guàchū le “Guómíndǎng jūnshìwěiyuánhuì jīng hù xíngdòng zǒngduì Nánjīng zhǐhuībù” de páizǐ, shēngyán xiàozhōng Jiǎng Jièshí, qì de tā de lǎodādǎng Chén Gōngbó mà tā “màiyǒuqiúróng”. [Pinyin]
  On 16 August (1945), as soon as Chen Gongbo announced the dissolution of the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China, Zhou Fohai put up a sign reading “Nanjing Command of the Peking-Shanghai Operation Command of the Military Committee of the Kuomintang”, claiming allegiance to Chiang Kai-shek. This act provoked Chen, his former ally, to denounce him as betraying his comrade in pursuit of personal glory!