detriment; fraud; harm; defeat

pros and cons; merits and drawbacks; advantages and disadvantages

long-standing abuse; continuing fraud

ills of the day; contemporary problems

malpractice; long-running abuse

fraudulent practice

age-old (malpractice); long established (corrupt practices); deeply rooted (superstition)

to engage in fraud

malpractice; abuse; corrupt practice

anti-fraud; anti-cheating; preventing wrongdoing

variant of 凋敝[diao1 bi4]

to promote what is useful and get rid of what is harmful (idiom)

to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target; to hit the nub of the matter

(idiom) to abuse one's position for personal gain

to have both advantages and disadvantages

to weigh the pros and cons (idiom)

to strongly criticize the evils of the day

see 徇私舞弊[xun4 si1 wu3 bi4]

to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes

to have many advantages and no disadvantages