损 sǔn
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 员 employee
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
损人利己
sǔnrénlìjǐ
to harm others for one's own benefit
Characters in this word
人 rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 人 — man, person
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
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
己 jǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 己 — self, oneself
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 他这种损人利己的做法，最后害的还是自己。 Tā zhè zhǒng sǔnrénlìjǐ de zuòfǎ, zuìhòu hài de háishì zìjǐ. His way of harming others for his own benefit ended up hurting no one but himself.
- 公司坚持诚信经营，绝不做损人利己的生意。 Gōngsī jiānchí chéngxìn jīngyíng, juébù zuò sǔnrénlìjǐ de shēngyì. The company insists on honest business and never strikes deals that harm others for its own gain.
- 他靠损人利己得到好处，却失去了朋友的信任。 Tā kào sǔnrénlìjǐ dédào hǎochù, què shīqùle péngyou de xìnrèn. He gained advantages by harming others, but lost his friends' trust.
Related words
- 损害 sǔnhài to harm; to damage
- 损失 sǔnshī loss; damage
- 亏损 kuīsǔn to lose money
- 损坏 sǔnhuài to damage
- 损伤 sǔnshāng to harm
- 磨损 mósǔn to wear down; wear and tear
- 别人 biérén other people, others
- 病人 bìngrén patient, sick person
- 工人 gōngrén worker
- 家人 jiārén family member
- 老人 lǎorén old person, the elderly
- 男人 nánrén man