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唯利是图

wéi lì shì tú

4-character word Traditional 唯利是圖

What 唯利是图 means

1. idiomto be bent solely on profit; to put profit before everything else

The characters in 唯利是图

• 唯wéionly; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义
• 利lìsharp; favorable; advantage
• 是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…
• 图túdiagram; picture; drawing

Sounds the same

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

• 惟利是图variant of 唯利是图

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