杀良冒功

殺良冒功
shāliángmàogōng

to kill or incriminate the innocent for a reward from the authorities or to make one's (military or law enforcement) performance look better

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 杀 shā
  1. to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack
  2. to weaken; to reduce
  3. (dialect) to smart
  4. (used after a verb) extremely
=2 良 liáng
  1. good
  2. very
  3. very much
=2 良 liǎng only used in 方良, alternative form of 魍魎 /魍魉 (wǎngliǎng)
=3 冒 mào old variant of 冒 mào
=3 冒 Mào surname Mao
=3 冒 mào
  1. to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth)
  2. to brave; to face
  3. (bound form) reckless
  4. to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign
  5. (literary) to cover
4 功 gōng
  1. meritorious deed or service
  2. achievement
  3. result
  4. service
  5. accomplishment
  6. work (physics)