见利思义 — Chinese idiom
见利思义
jiàn lì sī yì
Traditional: 見利思義
Meaning
- to see profit and remember morality ; to act ethically
- not tempted by riches
Character by character
- 见jiànto see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 思sīto think, to ponder, to consider; final particle
- 义yìright conduct, propriety; justice
Idioms sharing a character
- 一孔之见 yī kǒng zhī jiàn
- 一般见识 yī bān jiàn shi
- 一见钟情 yī jiàn zhōng qíng
- 一见高低 yī jiàn gāo dī
- 一针见血 yī zhēn jiàn xiě
- 不见不散 bù jiàn bù sàn
- 不见天日 bù jiàn tiān rì
- 不见经传 bù jiàn jīng zhuàn
- 井蛙之见 jǐng wā zhī jiàn
- 兵戎相见 bīng róng xiāng jiàn
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