| 损人利己 |
sǔn rén lì jǐ |
harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom); personal gain to the detriment of others |
| 损 |
sǔn |
to decrease; to lose / to damage; to harm / (coll.) to ridicule; to deride / (coll.) caustic; sarcastic; nasty; mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ |
| 损人 |
sǔn rén |
to harm others / to mock people / to taunt / humiliating |
| 人 |
rén |
person; people / CL:个,位 |
| 利 |
Lì |
surname Li |
| 利 |
lì |
sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit |
| 利己 |
lì jǐ |
personal profit / to benefit oneself |
| 己 |
jǐ |
self / oneself / sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / sixth in order / letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / hexa |