兴利除弊 — Chinese idiom
兴利除弊
xīng lì chú bì
Traditional: 興利除弊
Meaning
- to promote what is useful and get rid of what is harmful
Character by character
- 兴xīngto thrive, to prosper, to flourish
- 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
- 除chúto eliminate, to remove, to wipe out
- 弊bìevil, bad, wrong; fraud, harm
Idioms sharing a character
- 人丁兴旺 rén dīng xīng wàng
- 夙兴夜寐 sù xīng yè mèi
- 多难兴邦 duō nàn xīng bāng
- 方兴未已 fāng xīng wèi yǐ
- 方兴未艾 fāng xīng wèi ài
- 望洋兴叹 wàng yáng xīng tàn
- 百废俱兴 bǎi fèi jù xīng
- 百废待兴 bǎi fèi dài xīng
- 兴妖作怪 xīng yāo zuò guài
- 兴灭继绝 xīng miè jì jué
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