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损人利己

sǔn rén lì jǐ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 損人利己

损人利己 (sǔn rén lì jǐ) means "harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom); personal gain to the detriment of others". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 损人利己 means

1. harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom); personal gain to the detriment of others

The characters in 损人利己

• 损sǔn(bound form) to decrease; to diminish; (bound form) to harm; to damage…
• 人rénperson; people
• 利lìsharp; favorable; advantage
• 己jǐself; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干

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