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利弊

lì bì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

利弊 (lì bì) means "pros and cons; merits and drawbacks; advantages and disadvantages". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 利弊 means

1. pros and cons
2. merits and drawbacks
3. advantages and disadvantages

The characters in 利弊

• 利lìsharp; favorable; advantage
• 弊bìdetriment; fraud; harm

Words containing 利弊

• 权衡利弊quán héng lì bìto weigh the pros and cons (idiom)

Sounds the same

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

• 力臂lever arm (i.e. perpendicular distance from the fulcrum to the line of force)

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lì bì correctly.
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