自私自利
zì sī zì lì
Pinyin

Definition

自私自利
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zì sī zì lì
  1. everything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others
  2. selfish
  3. mercenary

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

lái zì
  1. 1 to come from (a place)
  2. 2 From: (in email header)
  1. 1 self
  2. 2 oneself
  3. 3 from
  4. 4 since
  5. 5 naturally
  6. 6 surely
zì jǐ
  1. 1 oneself
  2. 2 one's own
bù lì
  1. 1 unfavorable
  2. 2 disadvantageous
  3. 3 harmful
  4. 4 detrimental
Hēng lì
  1. 1 Henry (name)
  2. 2 henry (unit of inductance)
biàn lì
  1. 1 convenient
  2. 2 easy
  3. 3 to facilitate
chū zì
  1. 1 to come from
  1. 1 surname Li
lì qì
  1. 1 sharp weapon
  2. 2 effective implement
  3. 3 outstandingly able individual
lì hǎo
  1. 1 favorable
  2. 2 good
  3. 3 advantage
lì niào
  1. 1 to promote urination
  2. 2 diuresis
lì shì
  1. 1 business profit
  2. 2 auspicious
  3. 3 lucky
  4. 4 small sum of money offered on festive days
lì xī
  1. 1 interest (on a loan)
  2. 2 CL:筆|笔[bǐ]
lì yú
  1. 1 to be beneficial
  2. 2 to be good for
lì shì
  1. 1 see 利事[lì shì]
Lì bǐ yà
  1. 1 Libya
lì rùn
  1. 1 profits
Lì wù pǔ
  1. 1 Liverpool (England)
lì lu:4
  1. 1 interest rates
lì yòng
  1. 1 to exploit
  2. 2 to make use of
  3. 3 to use
  4. 4 to take advantage of
  5. 5 to utilize

Idioms (20)

一本万利
yī běn wàn lì
  1. 1 small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
不敢自专
bù gǎn zì zhuān
  1. 1 not daring to act for oneself (idiom)
不由自主
bù yóu zì zhǔ
  1. 1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
  1. 1 self-explanatory
  2. 2 self-evident (idiom)
仁言利博
rén yán lì bó
  1. 1 Words of benevolence apply universally (idiom). Humanitarian expressions benefit all.
以权谋私
yǐ quán móu sī
  1. 1 to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
任其自然
rèn qí zì rán
  1. 1 to let things take their course (idiom)
  2. 2 to leave it to nature
  3. 3 laissez-faire
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist by his own petard
便民利民
biàn mín lì mín
  1. 1 for the convenience and benefit of the people (idiom)
假公济私
jiǎ gōng jì sī
  1. 1 official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position
优游自得
yōu yóu zì dé
  1. 1 free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú
  1. 1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
公而忘私
gōng ér wàng sī
  1. 1 for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically
  2. 2 selfless
冰炭不言,冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
  1. 1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
出自肺腑
chū zì fèi fǔ
  1. 1 from the bottom of one's heart (idiom)
利令智昏
lì lìng zhì hūn
  1. 1 to lose one's head through material greed (idiom)
利欲熏心
lì yù xūn xīn
  1. 1 blinded by greed (idiom)
利禄薰心
lì lù xūn xīn
  1. 1 to be eager for wealth and emolument (idiom)
刚愎自用
gāng bì zì yòng
  1. 1 obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)

Sample Sentences

骨子里的奴性,势利,逆来顺受,自私自利,都是鲁迅想要写出来给人看,让人反思的东西。如果国民精神麻木,物质再丰富也没用。
gǔzilǐ de núxìng ,shìlì ,nìláishùnshòu ,zìsīzìlì ,dōu shì Lǔ Xùn xiǎng yào xiě chūlai gěi rén kàn ,ràngrén fǎnsī de dōngxi 。rúguǒ guómín jīngshén mámù ,wùzhì zài fēngfù yě méiyòng 。
The servility embedded in peoples' bones, their snobbery, selfishness and willingness to take abuse without fighting back-- these are all the things Lu Hsun wanted to write about to let people see and rethink. If people's spirits are numb, it doesn't matter how materially rich they are.