名
利

Fame and profit in Chinese: 名利 (míng lì)

míng lì

fame and profit

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1fame and profit

Stroke order

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名
利

Zhuyin

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ㄇㄧㄥˊ

míng

ㄇ/ mㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄌㄧˋ

lì

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 他不在乎名利，只想过简单的生活。

    tā bú zài hu míng lì， zhī xiǎng guò jiǎn dān de shēng huó。

    He doesn't care about fame and fortune; he just wants a simple life.

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Related words

名

míng

name

利

lì

sharp

名字

míng zi

name (of a person or thing)

有名

yǒu míng

famous

报名

bào míng

to sign up

流利

liú lì

fluent

顺利

shùn lì

smoothly

著名

zhù míng

famous

利润

lì rùn

profits

利息

lì xī

interest (on a loan)

利益

lì yì

benefit

利用

lì yòng

to exploit

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