邀功请赏要功请赏yāo gōng qǐng shǎngseek credit for another’s accomplishment; seek reward for someone else’s achievements
❍ 北大三院的楼上楼下几乎要全部找遍了，宪兵三团和国民党市党部的 “剿共”能手们，也没有找到他们～的卢嘉川。(杨沫《青春之歌》148)Yet,though the hostel was ransacked from top to bottom,these experts in “suppressing Communists”from the Third Regiment of the Military Police and the Kuomintang city headquarters failed to find Lu Jiachuan,whose arrest would have brought them some reward or commendation. 邀功请赏yāo ɡōnɡ qǐnɡ shǎnɡ把别人的功劳占为己有，并去要求奖赏。take credit and seek rewards for sb.’s else achievement, seek reward for sb. else’s achievements |