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自私自利

zì sī zì lì

4-character word

What 自私自利 means

1. everything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others
2. selfish
3. mercenary

The characters in 自私自利

• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 私sīpersonal; private; selfish
• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 利lìsharp; favorable; advantage

Example sentences

• 他是个极其自私自利的人。
  Tā shì gè jíqí zìsīzìlì de rén.
  He is a lump of selfishness.
• 他只不过是个自私自利的人。
  Tā zhǐbuguò shì gè zìsīzìlì de rén.
  He is nothing more than an egoist.