损人利己 — Chinese idiom
损人利己
sǔn rén lì jǐ
Traditional: 損人利己
Meaning
- harming others for one's personal benefit ; personal gain to the detriment of others
Character by character
- 损sǔnto damage, to harm
- 人rénman, person; people
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 己jǐself, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly ste
Idioms sharing a character
- 损公肥私 sǔn gōng féi sī
- 欲益反损 yù yì fǎn sǔn
- 一鸣惊人 yī míng jīng rén
- 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ
- 不可告人 bù kě gào rén
- 不恤人言 bù xù rén yán
- 不甘人后 bù gān rén hòu
- 不甘后人 bù gān hòu rén
- 不近人情 bù jìn rén qíng
- 乘人不备 chéng rén bù bèi
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