违利赴名 — Chinese idiom
违利赴名
wéi lì fù míng
Traditional: 違利赴名
Meaning
- to renounce profit and seek fame ; to abandon greed for reputation
- to choose fame over fortune
Character by character
- 违wéito violate, to disobey, to defy; to separate from
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 赴fùto attend, to go to, to be present
- 名míngname; position, rank, title
Idioms sharing a character
- 事与愿违 shì yǔ yuàn wéi
- 违天害理 wéi tiān hài lǐ
- 违天逆理 wéi tiān nì lǐ
- 违时绝俗 wéi shí jué sú
- 违法乱纪 wéi fǎ luàn jì
- 阳奉阴违 yáng fèng yīn wéi
- 一本万利 yī běn wàn lì
- 仁言利博 rén yán lì bó
- 利令智昏 lì lìng zhì hūn
- 利欲熏心 lì yù xūn xīn
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