Tā yí xiàtái, nàxiē qūyán-fùshì de péngyou jiù dōu bújiàn le.
The moment he lost his post, all those friends who had fawned on his power vanished.
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Picture it: 趋 hurry toward, 炎 the heat, 附 cling to, 势 power. People crowd around power the way they crowd around a stove in winter. The 宋史 has an older form, 趋炎附热.
