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Meaning of 利

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Pinyin:
English Definition: sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit
Chinese Definition:
①好处,与“害”“弊”相对:利弊。利害。利益。利令智昏。兴利除弊。
②使顺利、得到好处:利己。利用厚生(充分发挥物的作用,使民众生活优厚富裕起来)。
③与愿望相符合:吉利。顺利。
④刀口快,针尖锐,与“钝”相对:利刃。利刀。利剑。利落。利口巧辩。
⑤从事生产、交易、货款、储蓄所得超过本钱的收获:利息。利率。一本万利。
⑥姓氏。
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Total strokes: 7; Radical:
Ideographic: Harvesting grain
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Example Words
利用 yòng to exploit; to make use of; to use; to take advantage of; to utilize
利益 benefit; (in sb's) interest; Classifiers:
胜利 shèng victory; Classifiers:
权利 quán right (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth
顺利 shùn smoothly; without a hitch
More: 利* | *利 | *利*
Example Sentences
1
It will be to our mutual disadvantage.
2
She has a plausible tongue.
3
We want to show what we can do, tell the management that, if they keep us, we can turn all this media attention into something positive.
4
However they acknowledged there could be a downside to a strategy that seeks to turn active children into bookworms.
5
The overall feeling is that the government contended with the businessmen and people for profits.