利己 lìjǐ

lìjǐ verb to benefit oneself
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '利己'; Guoyu '利己')

Contained in

• 利己主义(利己主義) egoism
• 损人不利己(損人不利己) to harm others without benefiting oneself
• 损人利己(損人利己) to benefit at the expense of others

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷十一 耕柱 Book 11 - Geng Zhu Mozi 墨子 — count: 3
• 卷五十四 Scroll 54 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
• 卷一百六十七　列傳第五十四: 張立道 張庭珍 張惠 劉好禮 王國昌 姜彧 張礎 呂掞𡌳 譚資榮 王惲 Volume 167 Biographies 54: Zhang Lidao, Zhang Tingzhen, Zhang Hui, Liu Haoli, Wang Guochang, Jiang Yu, Zhang Chu, Lu Shan, Tan Zirong, Wang Yun History of Yuan 元史 — count: 1
• 卷六十六 唐書42: 列傳18 安重誨 朱弘昭 朱洪實 康義誠 藥彥稠 宋令詢 Volume 66 Book of Later Tang 42: Biographies 8 - An Zhonghui, Zhu Hongzhao, Zhu Hongshi, Kang Yicheng, Yao Yanchou, Song Lingxun Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 1
• 卷四十九　志第三十:　食貨四 鹽 酒 醋稅 茶 諸征商 金銀之稅 Volume 49 Treatises 30: Finance and Economics 4 - Tax on Salt, Alcoholic Beverages, and Vinegar; Tax on Tea, Commercial Travel, and Gold and Silver History of Jin 金史 — count: 1
• 卷九十二 列傳第四十二: 魏元忠 韋安石 蕭至忠 宗楚客 紀處訥 Volume 92 Biographies 42: Wei Yuanzhong, Wei Anshi, Ziao Zhizhong, Zong Chuke, Ji Chune Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 1
• 說疑第四十四 Chapter 44: Expressing Doubts Han Feizi 韓非子 — count: 1
• 卷一百一十五 載記第十五 苻丕 苻登 Volume 115 Records 15: Fu Pi; Fu Deng Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 1
• 卷二百九十三 列傳第一百八十一 忠義五 Volume 293 Biographies 181: Loyal Officials 5 History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
• 卷一百〇三　列傳第三十三: 文學上 Volume 103 Biographies 33: Literature 1 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 1

Collocations

• 知利己 (知利己) 監臨官惟知利己 — History of Jin 金史, 卷八 　本紀第八:　世宗下 Volume 8 Annals 8: Shizong 3 — count: 2
• 能利己 (能利己) 則能利己 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 說疑第四十四 Chapter 44: Expressing Doubts — count: 2