利 lì
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 禾 cereal, grain, rice 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
利弊
lìbì
advantages and disadvantages; pros and cons
Characters in this word
弊 bì
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 廾 — two hands
- Made of
- 敝 to break, to destroy 廾 two hands
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 在决定是否引进这套系统之前，董事会要求技术部门把长期利弊列成清单。 Zài juédìng shìfǒu yǐnjìn zhè tào xìtǒng zhīqián, dǒngshìhuì yāoqiú jìshù bùmén bǎ chángqī lìbì liè chéng qīngdān. Before deciding whether to introduce this system, the board asked the technical department to list its long-term pros and cons.
- 做决定之前，要先想想这样做的利弊。 Zuò juédìng zhīqián, yào xiān xiǎngxiang zhèyàng zuò de lìbì. Before making a decision, think about the pros and cons.
- 他把两份工作的利弊写在纸上，比较了很久。 Tā bǎ liǎng fèn gōngzuò de lìbì xiě zài zhǐ shang, bǐjiào le hěn jiǔ. He wrote down the pros and cons of the two jobs on paper and compared them for a long time.