权衡利弊 — Chinese idiom
权衡利弊
quán héng lì bì
Traditional: 權衡利弊
Meaning
- to weigh the pros and cons
Character by character
- 权quánauthority, power, right
- 衡héngto measure, to weigh; to consider, to judge
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 弊bìevil, bad, wrong; fraud, harm
Idioms sharing a character
- 不畏强权 bù wèi qiáng quán
- 以权谋私 yǐ quán móu sī
- 丧权辱国 sàng quán rǔ guó
- 攀附权贵 pān fù quán guì
- 权宜之策 quán yí zhī cè
- 权宜之计 quán yí zhī jì
- 争权夺利 zhēng quán duó lì
- 衡情酌理 héng qíng zhuó lǐ
- 一本万利 yī běn wàn lì
- 仁言利博 rén yán lì bó
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