損人不利己

See also: 损人不利己

Chinese

			not; no	to benefit oneself; personal profit; selfishness
trad. (損人不利己)		損人	不	利己
simp. (损人不利己)		损人	不	利己

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sǔnrén bù lìjǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄣˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syun² jan⁴ bat¹ lei⁶ gei²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sǔnrén bù lìjǐ [Phonetic: sǔnrén bú lìjǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄣˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǔnrén bù lìjǐ
  - Wade–Giles: sun³-jên² pu⁴ li⁴-chi³
  - Yale: swǔn-rén bù lì-jǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: soenren bu lihjii
  - Palladius: суньжэнь бу лицзи (sunʹžɛnʹ bu liczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ li⁵¹ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syun² jan⁴ bat¹ lei⁶ gei²
  - Yale: syún yàhn bāt leih géi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: syn² jan⁴ bat⁷ lei⁶ gei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xun² yen⁴ bed¹ léi⁶ géi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn³⁵ jɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ lei̯²² kei̯³⁵/

Idiom

損人不利己

to harm others without gaining anything in the process; to cut off one's nose to spite one's face

Synonyms

損人害己／损人害己

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