損人不利己

See also: 损人不利己

Chinese

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to damage; injure; to lose; to harm

!man; person; people !not; no

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advantage; benefit; profit; sharp

!6th heavenly stem; self |- !trad. (損人不利己) | 損 | 人 | 不 | 利 | 己 |- !simp. (损人不利己) | 损 | 人 | 不 | 利 | 己 |}

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: sǔn rén bù lì jǐ [Phonetic: sǔn rén bú lì jǐ]
      • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄣˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧˇ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: soen ren bu4 lih jii
      • IPA (key): /su̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ li⁵¹ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

損人不利己

  1. to harm others without gaining anything in the process
  2. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
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