一己之利

Chinese

		oneself; one	's; him/her/it; this	advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp
simp. and trad. (一己之利)		一己	之	利

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yījǐzhīlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄐㄧˇ ㄓ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ gei² zi¹ lei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yījǐzhīlì [Phonetic: yìjǐzhīlì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄐㄧˇ ㄓ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yijǐjhihlì
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chi³-chih¹-li⁴
    • Yale: yī-jǐ-jr̄-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijiijylih
    • Palladius: ицзичжили (iczičžili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ gei² zi¹ lei⁶
    • Yale: yāt géi jī leih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ gei² dzi¹ lei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ géi² ji¹ léi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ kei̯³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ lei̯²²/

Idiom

一己之利

1. one's own interests

   • 有人者出，不以一己之利為利，而使天下受其利，不以一己之害為害，而使天下釋其害。此其人之勤勞必千萬於天下之人。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     有人者出，不以一己之利为利，而使天下受其利，不以一己之害为害，而使天下释其害。此其人之勤劳必千万于天下之人。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1663, Huang Zongxi,《原君》, translation based on Lin Yutang's version

     Yǒu rén zhě chū, bù yǐ yījǐ zhī lì wéi lì, ér shǐ tiānxià shòu qí lì, bù yǐ yījǐ zhī hài wéi hài, ér shǐ tiānxià shì qí hài. Cǐ qírén zhī qínláo bì qiānwàn yú tiānxià zhī rén. [Pinyin]

     The one arose who worked for the public good, not for the good of his own self; he fought what was evil to the community as a whole and neglected what might not be good for his own self. Thus that person must work ten thousand times harder than ordinary people.