利令智昏 — Chinese idiom
利令智昏
lì lìng zhì hūn
Meaning
- to lose one's head through material greed
Character by character
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 令lìngcommand, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to c
- 智zhìwisdom, knowledge, intelligence
- 昏hūndusk, nightfall, twilight, dark; to faint, to lose
Idioms sharing a character
- 一本万利 yī běn wàn lì
- 仁言利博 rén yán lì bó
- 利欲熏心 lì yù xūn xīn
- 功名利禄 gōng míng lì lù
- 名利双收 míng lì shuāng shōu
- 名缰利锁 míng jiāng lì suǒ
- 唯利是图 wéi lì shì tú
- 因利乘便 yīn lì chéng biàn
- 因势利导 yīn shì lì dǎo
- 地利人和 dì lì rén hé
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