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fish for personal gains; reap some profit

lāo yóu shui

捞 油 水

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v.metafish for personal gains; reap some profit
- tā men píng shén me qīng qīng sōng sōng lāo yóu shui què yāo qiú wǒ men bù zhǎng gōng zī
  他们凭什么轻轻松松捞油水却要求我们不涨工资？
  How can they get on the gravy train, but ask us to take a wage freeze?

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