见利忘义 (見利忘義)
jiàn lì wàng yì
Pinyin

Definition

见利忘义 (見利忘義)
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jiàn lì wàng yì
  1. to see profit and forget morality (idiom); to act from mercenary considerations
  2. to sell one's soul for gain

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

利
Lì
  1. 1 surname Li
利用
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
利益
lì yì
  1. 1 benefit
  2. 2 (in sb's) interest
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
胜利
shèng lì
  1. 1 victory
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
大吉大利
dà jí dà lì
  1. 1 great luck, great profit (idiom); everything is thriving

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
仁言利博
rén yán lì bó
  1. 1 Words of benevolence apply universally (idiom). Humanitarian expressions benefit all.
便民利民
biàn mín lì mín
  1. 1 for the convenience and benefit of the people (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
利令智昏
lì lìng zhì hūn
  1. 1 to lose one's head through material greed (idiom)