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得利

dé lì

2-character word

What 得利 means

1. to benefit (from sth)

The characters in 得利

• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
• 利lìsharp; favorable; advantage

Example sentences

• 渔人得利。
  Someone else profits from the situation.

Words containing 得利

• 既得利益jì dé lì yìvested interest
• 不当得利bù dàng dé lìunjust enrichment
• 三得利Sān dé lìSuntory, Japanese beverage company
• 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利yù bàng xiāng zhēng , yú wēng dé lìlit. when the snipe and the clam grapple with each other, the fisherman catches them both…

Sounds the same

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

• 得力able; capable; competent