弊 bì

1. bì noun evil; wrong; fraud
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '弊' n 2; Unihan '弊')
2. bì noun damage; harm
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '弊' n 1)
3. bì adjective fatigued
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 疲困(Guoyu '弊' adj)
4. bì verb to defeat
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 败 (Guoyu '弊' v)

Contained in

• 切中时弊(切中時弊) to hit home on the evils of the day; to hit a current political target
• 有百利而无一弊(有百利而無一弊) to have many advantages and no disadvantages
• 时弊(時弊) ills of the day; contemporary problems
• 痛砭时弊(痛砭時弊) to strongly criticize the evils of the day
• 补偏救弊(補偏救弊) to remedy defects and correct errors; to rectify past mistakes
• 徇私舞弊 commit fraud for personal gain; bribery and fraud
• 积久弊生(積久弊生) a long lasting condition can give rise to evil
• 防弊 anti-fraud; anti-cheating; preventing wrongdoing
• 弊端 malpractice; disadvantage
• 权衡利弊(權衡利弊) to weigh the pros and cons
• 百弊丛生(百弊叢生) All the ill effects appear.
• 舞弊 fraud
• 营私舞弊(營私舞弊) commit fraud for personal gain; bribery and fraud
• 罢弊(罷弊) beleaguered; lacking in energy or resources
• 弊帛 old and tattered silk
• 私弊 fraudulent practice
• 兴利除弊(興利除弊) to promote what is useful and get rid of what is harmful
• 流弊 malpractice; long-running abuse
• 宿弊 long-standing abuse; continuing fraud
• 弊案 scandal
• 振衰起弊 to provide care to a patient, the cause of harm must be removed
• 利弊 pros and cons
• 弊病 critical disadvantage; malady
• 积弊(積弊) age-old (malpractice); long established (corrupt practices); deeply rooted (superstition)
• 蠹弊 malpractice; abuse; corrupt practice
• 作弊 to practice fraud; to cheat; to engage in corrupt practices

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• 卷一百五十六 志第一百〇九 選舉二 Volume 156 Treatises 109: Selection and appointment of Officials 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 26
• 卷九十七　志第四十五下: 食貨五 Volume 97 Treatises 50: Finance and Economics 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 22
• 卷一百七十五 志第一百二十八 食貨上三 Volume 175 Treatises 128: Finance and Economics 1c History of Song 宋史 — count: 21
• 卷四十八　志第二十九:　食貨三 錢幣 Volume 48 Treatises 29: Finance and Economics 3 - Money History of Jin 金史 — count: 18
• 卷二百九十五 列傳第五十四 尹洙 孫甫 謝絳 葉清臣 楊察 Volume 295 Biographies 54: Yin Zhu, Sun Fu, Xie Jiang, Ye Qingchen, Yang Cha History of Song 宋史 — count: 17
• 卷四　秦二 Chapter 4: Qin II Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 13
• 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: 13
• 卷一百八十一 志第一百三十四 食貨下三 Volume 181 Treatises 134: Finance and Economics 2c History of Song 宋史 — count: 13
• 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: 13
• 卷四百〇七 列傳第一百六十六 杜範 楊簡 錢時 張虙 呂午 Volume 407 Biographies 166: Du Fan, Yang Jian, Qian Shi, Zhang Fu, Lu Wu History of Song 宋史 — count: 13

Collocations

• 弊邑 (弊邑) 弊邑寡君 — Guanzi 管子, 匡君小匡第二十 Chapter 20: Kuang Jun Xiao Kuang — count: 11
• 疲弊 (疲弊) 故車馬不疲弊於遠路 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 大體第二十九 Chapter 29: Cardinal Principles — count: 10
• 衣弊 (衣弊) 衰然多衣弊而屨穿 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重丁第八十三 Chapter 83: Weight IV — count: 6
• 车弊 (車弊) 車弊 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 夏官司馬 第四 4. Offices of Summer and Minister of War — count: 5
• 弊田 (弊田) 及弊田 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 4
• 弊裤 (弊褲) 故藏弊褲 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 內儲說上七術第三十 Chapter 30: A Collection of Sayings I — count: 4
• 弊讼 (弊訟) 則令群士計獄弊訟 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 秋官司寇 第五 5. Office of Autumn and Minister of Justice — count: 3
• 补弊 (補弊) 補弊久 — Guanzi 管子, 度地第五十七 Chapter 57: Crossing Land — count: 3
• 及弊 (及弊) 及弊田 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 3
• 衰弊 (衰弊) 當其衰弊 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四 魏書四 三少帝紀 Volume 4: Book of Wei 4 - Annals of the three young emperors — count: 3