幫閑

to hang on to and serve the rich and powerful by literary hack work etc

to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society

enclosure / (variant of 閒|闲[xian2]) idle / unoccupied / leisure