gains, advantage, profit, merit

HSK 4 #155

DEFINITIONS

利 lì
  • surname Li
  • sharp
  • favorable
  • advantage
  • benefit
  • profit
  • interest
  • to do good to
  • to benefit

STROKES

WORDS

非盈 fēi yíng lì nonprofit
弊 lì bì pros and cons; merits and drawbacks; advantages and disadvantages
jiān lì sharp; keen; cutting; shrill; piercing
浦 fēi lì pǔ Philips (company)
诺伊州 yī lì nuò yī zhōu Illinois, US state
明尼阿波斯 míng ní ā bō lì sī Minneapolis, a nameplace in the USA, notably in Minnesota
bīn lì Bentley
wéi lì Waley or Whaley (name); Arthur Waley (1889-1966), pioneer British sinologist
基加 jī jiā lì Kigali, capital of Rwanda
茅斯 pǔ lì máo sī Plymouth
luó lì Raleigh, capital of North Carolina
钦 yè lì qīn Yeltsin (name); Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) first post-communist president of Russia 1991-1999
比里亚 lì bǐ lǐ yà Liberia
权 zhuān lì quán patent right
兹 bó lì zī Belize
是图 wéi lì shì tú to seek nothing but profit (idiom); personal profit before everything; self-seeking
塞拉昂 sài lā lì áng Sierra Leone
安纳波斯 ān nà bō lì sī Annapolis (place name)
干脆落 gān cuì lì luo (of speech or actions) direct and efficient; without fooling around
马 lì mǎ Lima, capital of Peru
yíng lì for profit; to seek profit
yíng lì gain; profit; to make a profit
眼 shì lì yǎn to be self-interested
双收 míng lì shuāng shōu both fame and fortune (idiom); both virtue and reward
奥 ào lì ào Oreo cookies