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利是

lì shì

2-character word

What 利是 means

1. variant of {利事|lì shì}

The characters in 利是

• 利lìsharp; favorable; advantage
• 是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…

Example sentences

• 意大利是一个半岛。
  Yìdàlì shì yīgebàn dǎo.
  Italy is a peninsula.
• 最大的胜利是战胜自己。
  Zuì dà de shènglì shì zhànshèng zìjǐ.
  The biggest victory is to win over yourself.
• 义大利是很美丽的国家。
  Italy is a very beautiful country.
• 她去意大利是为了学习音乐。
  She went to Italy to study music.

Words containing 利是

• 唯利是图wéi lì shì tú(idiom) to be bent solely on profit; to put profit before everything else
• 惟利是图wéi lì shì túvariant of 唯利是图

Sounds the same

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

• 力士strong man; sumo wrestler
• 利事(Cantonese) same as 红包
• 立式(of an object or device) designed to stand vertically; upright…
• 利市business profit; auspicious; lucky
• 例示to exemplify