牟取
móu qǔ
Pinyin

Definition

牟取
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móu qǔ
  1. to gain profit (by underhand means)
  2. to exploit
  3. see also 謀取|谋取[móu qǔ]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

获取
huò qǔ
  1. 1 to gain
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to acquire
领取
lǐng qǔ
  1. 1 to receive
  2. 2 to draw
  3. 3 to get
取
qǔ
  1. 1 to take
  2. 2 to get
  3. 3 to choose
  4. 4 to fetch
取代
qǔ dài
  1. 1 to replace
  2. 2 to supersede
  3. 3 to supplant
  4. 4 (chemistry) substitution
取出
qǔ chū
  1. 1 to take out
  2. 2 to extract
  3. 3 to draw out

Idioms (16)

以貌取人
yǐ mào qǔ rén
  1. 1 to judge sb by appearances (idiom)
取长补短
qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn
  1. 1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
  2. 2 to use this in place of that
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
各取所需
gè qǔ suǒ xū
  1. 1 each takes what he needs (idiom)
咎由自取
jiù yóu zì qǔ
  1. 1 to have only oneself to blame (idiom)
  2. 2 to bring trouble through one's own actions
囊中取物
náng zhōng qǔ wù
  1. 1 as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom)
  2. 2 in the bag
  3. 3 (as good as) in one's possession

Sample Sentences

哎，都怪黑心的房地产商唯利是图，囤售楼盘，虚高房价。要我说啊，就应该像温州人一样，个人集资建房，抵制房产开发商牟取暴利。
āi ，dōu guài hēixīn de fángdìchǎnshāng wéilìshìtú ，túnshòu lóupán ，xūgāo fángjià 。yào wǒ shuō a ，jiù yīnggāi xiàng wēnzhōurén yīyàng ，gèrén jízī jiànfáng ，dǐzhì fángchǎn kāifāshāng móuqǔ bàolì 。
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