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Mandarin · pinyin bāng xián

to hang on to and serve the rich and powerful by literary hack work etc

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幫: bāng · to help, assist; to defend; shoe upper
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帮: bāng · help, assist; defend; shoe upper
闲: xián · fence, guard; defend; idle time

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1–2 · bang1 xian2

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