harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom); personal gain to the detriment of others
trad. 損人利己
Also written 損人利己【sǔn rén lì jǐ】
Characters in this word
4损
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(bound form) to decrease; to diminish, (bound form) to harm; to damage, (coll.) to ridicule; to deride, (coll.) mean; nasty; sarcastic
- Pinyin
- sǔn
- Traditional
- 損
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 43350 of 2500
人
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person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500
利
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surname Li
- Pinyin
- Lì
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 3806 of 2500
己
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self, oneself, sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1], sixth in order, letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc, hexa
- Pinyin
- jǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 7684 of 2500