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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 唯利是图

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
唯利是图 wéi lì shì tú - (idiom) to be bent solely on profit; to put profit before everything else

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 30,058 - -

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
wéi- only
- alone
- -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義|主义[zhu3 yi4] or 論|论[lun4], e.g. 唯理論|唯理论[wei2 li3 lun4], rationalism)
wěi- yes
- surname Li
- sharp
- favorable
- advantage
- benefit
- profit
- interest
- to do good to
- to benefit
shì- to be (followed by substantives only)
- correct; right; true
- (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
- (adverb for emphatic assertion)
shì- variant of 是[shi4]
- diagram
- picture
- drawing
- chart
- map
- CL:張|张[zhang1]
- to plan
- to scheme
- to attempt
- to pursue
- to seek

Other Words Containing 唯利是图

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
唯利是图 - - 30,058 - -