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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 见利忘义
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 见利忘义 | jiàn lì wàng yì | - lit. to see profit and forget morality (idiom) - fig. to act from mercenary considerations; to sell one's soul |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 50,579 | 55,449 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 见 | jiàn | - to see - to meet - to appear (to be sth) - to interview - opinion - view |
| 见 | xiàn | - to appear - also written 現|现[xian4] |
| 利 | lì | - surname Li |
| 利 | lì | - sharp - favorable - advantage - benefit - profit - interest - to do good to - to benefit |
| 忘 | wàng | - to forget - to overlook - to neglect |
| 义 | yì | - surname Yi - (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4da4li4]) |
| 义 | yì | - justice - righteousness - meaning - foster (father etc) - adopted - artificial (tooth, limb etc) - relationship - friendship |
Other Words Containing 见利忘义
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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