损
人
利
己

Harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom) in Chinese: 损人利己 (sǔn rén lì jǐ)

sǔn rén lì jǐ

harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 損人利己1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom); personal gain to the detriment of others

Stroke order

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损
人
利
己

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄙㄨㄣˇ

sǔn

ㄙ/ sㄨ/ uㄣ/ enˇ/ third tone

ㄖㄣˊ

rén

ㄖ/ rㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

ㄌㄧˋ

lì

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

ㄐㄧˇ

jǐ

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

损人利己

Simplified

損人利己

Traditional

Example sentences

See 损人利己 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 损人利己的事，我们不能做。

    sǔn rén lì jǐ de shì， wǒ men bù néng zuò。

    We must not do things that harm others for our own gain.

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Related words

人

rén

person

利

lì

sharp

损

sǔn

to decrease

男人

nán rén

a man

女人

nǚ rén

woman

别人

bié ren

other people

客人

kè rén

visitor

自己

zì jǐ

oneself

流利

liú lì

fluent

顺利

shùn lì

smoothly

敌人

dí rén

enemy

个人

gè rén

individual

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