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

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• 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

1. 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