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见利忘义

jiàn lì wàng yì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 見利忘義

见利忘义 (jiàn lì wàng yì) means "to abandon moral principles in the pursuit of profit". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 见利忘义 means

1. idiomto abandon moral principles in the pursuit of profit

The characters in 见利忘义

• 见jiànto see; to meet; to appear (to be sth)
• 利lìsharp; favorable; advantage
• 忘wàngto forget; to overlook; to neglect
• 义yìjustice; righteousness; meaning

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