Chinese Notes

利 lì

lì noun gain; advantage; benefit
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 好处 (FE '利' 1; Guoyu '利' n 1; Kroll 2015 '利' 2a; Unihan '利')
lì noun profit
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (FE '利' 1; Guoyu '利' n 2; Kroll 2015 '利' 2a; Unihan '利')
lì adjective sharp
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (FE '利' 2; Guoyu '利' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '利' 1)
lì verb to benefit; to serve
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (FE '利' 3)
lì proper noun Li
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '利' n 3)
lì verb to be useful
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '利' v)
lì adjective smooth; without a hitch
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '利' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '利' 5)

Contained in

加利 to increase profit
谋利(謀利) to make a profit; to gain; to get an advantage
发行红利股(發行紅利股) a bonus issue (a form of dividend payment)
利眠宁(利眠寧) chlordiazepoxide; (trade name) Librium
胜利(勝利) victory
以利动(以利動) move only when there is an advantage
美利坚治世(美利堅治世) Pax Americana
利马窦(利馬竇) Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China
既得利益 vested interest
分利 to divide the profits
撒马利亚(撒馬利亞) Samaria
利欲心(利慾心) cupidity
不知利害 to not know advantages and disadvantages
重利轻义(重利輕義) to value material gain over righteousness
尤加利树(尤加利樹) eucalyptus tree
舍利子塔 stupa with Buddhist relics; pagoda
智利比索 Chilean peso
利得 profit; gain
威利斯 Willis (name)
尤加利 eucalyptus
低利贷款(低利貸款) low interest loan
功利主义(功利主義) utilitarianism
杨利伟(楊利偉) Yang Liwei
克利斯朵夫 Christopher (name)
耶利哥 Jericho (Biblical city)
求名求利 to seek fame and fortune
水利家 water manager; hydraulic engineer
专利法(專利法) patent law
有害无利(有害無利) harmful and without benefit; more harm than good
利润(利潤) profit ; to share benefits
金伯利岩 Kimberlite
哈利 Harry
朱利娅(朱利婭) Julia (name)
非盈利组织(非盈利組織) nonprofit organization
亨利五世 Henry V
利润率(利潤率) profit margin
伊利埃斯库(伊利埃斯庫) Iliescu
赢利(贏利) to gain; to profit

Also contained in

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Truncated for common words

卷一百九十四上列傳第一百四十四上: 突厥上 Volume 194 Biographies 144: Tujie 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 123
卷二百一十五上列傳第一百四十上突厥上 Volume 215a Biographies 140a: Tujie 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 106
Full Text Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經 — count: 54
卷一　Scroll 1 Discourses on Salt and Iron 鹽鐵論 — count: 47
卷三百二十一列傳第二百〇九外國二安南 Volume 321 Biographies 209: Foreign States 2 - Annan History of Ming 明史 — count: 45
卷一百八十二志第一百三十五食貨下四 Volume 182 Treatises 135: Finance and Economics 2d History of Song 宋史 — count: 44
卷一百八十三志第一百三十六食貨下五 Volume 183 Treatises 136: Finance and Economics 2e History of Song 宋史 — count: 41
卷一百八十四志第一百三十七食貨下六 Volume 184 Treatises 137: Finance and Economics 2f History of Song 宋史 — count: 40
卷一百七十六志第一百二十九食貨上四 Volume 176 Treatises 129: Finance and Economics 1d History of Song 宋史 — count: 39
卷二百一十五下列傳第一百四十下突厥下 Volume 215b Biographies 140b: Tujie 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 37

Collocations

利成 (利成) 不告利成 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — count: 7
大利 (大利) 以徼大利 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 6
利社稷 (利社稷) 孔達曰苟利社稷 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 5
苟利 (苟利) 民苟利矣 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4
告利 (告利) 不告利成 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — count: 3
不为利 (不為利) 不為利疚於回 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
利升 (利升) 佐食上利升牢心舌 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 少牢馈食礼第十六 16. Rites of the secondary pen victim food offering — count: 3
上利 (上利) 佐食上利升牢心舌 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 少牢馈食礼第十六 16. Rites of the secondary pen victim food offering — count: 3
利国家 (利國家) 且彼若能利國家 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3
利执 (利執) 佐食上利执羊俎 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 少牢馈食礼第十六 16. Rites of the secondary pen victim food offering — count: 2