雁過拔毛

雁过拔毛
yànguòbámáo
  1. lit. to grab feathers from a flying goose
  2. fig. to seize any opportunity
  3. pragmatic

CEDICT

  1. (figuratively) to be very greedy (such that every tasks completed by that person will have some money embezzled)
  2. to be very greedy (such that every tasks completed by that person will have some money embezzled)

Wiktionary

凡是過手的事都要得些好處，絕不輕易放過

維基詞典

Entry Composition

=1 雁 yàn wild goose
=1 雁 yàn variant of 雁 yàn
=2 過 guò
  1. to cross
  2. to go over
  3. to pass (time)
  4. to celebrate (a holiday)
  5. to live
  6. to get along
  7. excessively
  8. too-
=2 過 guo (experienced action marker)
3 拔毛 bámáo
  1. to pull out hair
  2. to pluck
  3. epilation

Related entries

變通 biàntōng
  1. pragmatic
  2. flexible
  3. to act differently in different situations
  4. to accommodate to circumstances
務實 wùshí
  1. to deal with concrete matters
  2. pragmatic
隨機 suíjī
  1. according to the situation
  2. pragmatic
  3. random
为什么随机句子中的人总是叫汤姆？

Why are people always called Tom in random sentences?

Source: Tatoeba

順風轉舵 shùnfēngzhuǎnduò
  1. to act according to whatever is the current outlook
  2. pragmatic
  3. unprincipled
機變 jībiàn
  1. improvisation
  2. flexible
  3. adaptable
  4. pragmatic