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不利

bù lì

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

不利 (bù lì) means "unfavorable; disadvantageous; harmful". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 不利 means

1. unfavorable
2. disadvantageous
3. harmful
4. detrimental

The characters in 不利

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 利lìsharp; favorable; advantage

Words containing 不利

• 流年不利liú nián bù lìthe year's horoscope augurs ill (idiom); an unlucky year
• 无往不利wú wǎng bù lì(idiom) to be successful in every endeavor
• 损人不利己sǔn rén bù lì jǐto harm others without benefiting oneself (idiom)

Sounds the same

Read bù lì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 不力not to do one's best; not to exert oneself

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