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私利

sī lì

2-character word

What 私利 means

1. personal gain; (one's own) selfish interest

The characters in 私利

• 私sīpersonal; private; selfish
• 利lìsharp; favorable; advantage

Example sentences

• 彼得是一个利他主义的游戏玩家，他会把东西给需要的人，而不是为一己之私利出售。
  Bǐdé shì yī gè lìtā zhǔyì de yóuxì wánjiā, tā huì bǎ dōngxi gěi xūyào de rén, ér bù shì wèi yījǐ zhī sīlì chūshòu.
  Peter was an altruistic video game player; he would give items to people who needed them, rather than selling them for personal profit.

Sounds the same

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

• 私立privately-run; private (school, hospital etc); to set up illegally