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Information of 利

Pinyin lì

Radical

刂

Strokes

7 strokes

Usage

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Definition

advantage / benefit / profit / sharp

利 [lì] 形 1. 好处，与“害”“弊”相对: benefits, in contrast to "harm" and "disadvantages". 例: 利弊, 利害, 利益, 利令智昏, 兴利除弊. 2. 使顺利、得到好处: to facilitate or obtain benefits. 例: 利己, 利用厚生（充分发挥物的作用，使民众生活优厚富裕起来）. 3. 与愿望相符合: to conform to wishes. 例: 吉利, 顺利. 4. 刀口快，针尖锐，与“钝”相对: sharp blades, with "blunt" as the opposite. 例: 利刃, 利刀, 利剑, 利落, 利口巧辩. 5. 从事生产、交易、货款、储蓄所得超过本钱的收获: the profit exceeding the cost in production, trading, loaning, and savings. 例: 利息, 利率, 一本万利. 6. 姓: a surname. 名 1. 利益: advantages. 例: 例: 上下之利，若是其异也. 2. 赢利; 利息: profit; interest. 例: 逐什一之利. 3. 利禄: official’s salary in feudal China. 例: 不慕荣利. 4. 财利: money. 例: 君子喻于义，小人喻于利. 5. 指个人的安危: safety or danger. 例: 求死，不复顾利害. 6. 胜利: victory. 例: 兵不顿而利可全. 7. 物资出产: product. 例: 利尽南海. 8. 通“痢”: dysentery. 例: 轻土多利. 9. 姓: surname. 动 1. 善于: to be good at. 例: 利口, 利足, 利趾, 利舌. 2. 使有利: to do good to. 例: 利他, 毫不利己，专门利人. 3. 占;谋利: to forcibly occupy; seize; hold. 例: 利人妻女, 损人利己.

吉利 jí lì

auspicious / lucky / propitious

英吉利 Yīng jí lì

England (historical loan, from English)

监利县 Jiān lì xiàn

Jianli county in Jingzhou 荊州|荆州[Jing1 zhou1], Hubei

阿尔及利亚 Ā ěr jí lì yà

Algeria

叙利亚人 xù lì yà rén

syrians

唯利是图 wéi lì shì tú

to seek nothing but profit (idiom); personal profit before everything / self-seeking

平均利润 píng jūn lì rùn

equalization of profit / average profit

垦利县 Kěn lì xiàn

Kenli county in Dongying 東營|东营[Dong1 ying2], Shandong

埃利斯 āi lì sī

ellis

失利 shī lì

to lose / to suffer defeat

争权夺利 zhēng quán duó lì

scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle

德奎利亚尔 dé kuí lì yà ěr

De Cuellar

卡利 kǎ lì

Cali

匈牙利 Xiōng yá lì

Hungary

匈牙利人 xiōng yá lì rén

hungarians

匈牙利共和国 xiōng yá lì gòng hé guó

The Republic of Hungary

布宜诺斯艾利斯 Bù yí nuò sī Ài lì sī

Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina

尖利 jiān lì

sharp / keen / cutting / shrill / piercing

尤利西斯 Yóu lì xī sī

Ulysses (novel)

加利福尼亚 Jiā lì fú ní yà

California

加利福尼亚州 Jiā lì fú ní yà zhōu

California

利尿 lì niào

to promote urination / diuresis

利尿剂 lì niào jì

diuretic

利川市 Lì chuān shì

Lichuan county level city in Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州[En1 shi1 Tu3 jia1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Hubei

利己 lì jǐ

personal profit / to benefit oneself

损人利己 sǔn rén lì jǐ

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

利弊 lì bì

pros and cons / merits and drawbacks / advantages and disadvantages

权衡利弊 quán héng lì bì

to weigh the pros and cons (idiom)

兴利除弊 xīng lì chú bì

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

有利有弊 yǒu lì yǒu bì

to have both advantages and disadvantages