资本积累 資本積累 capital accumulation / accumulation of capital 福利 fú lì material benefit / benefit in kind / (social) welfare syn 集思广益 集思廣益 jí sī guǎng yì collecting opinions is of wide benefit (idiom) / to pool wisdom for mutual benefit / to profit from widespread suggestions 裨益 bì yì benefit / advantage / profit / to be a benefit to syn 利 lì sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit syn 未亡配偶的养恤金 surviving spouse's benefit / survivor's benefit 待遇确定型计划 defined benefit pension plan / defined benefit plan 积累 積累 jī lěi to accumulate / accumulation / cumulative / cumulatively syn 堆积 堆積 duī jī to pile up / to heap / accumulation syn 聚点 聚點 jù diǎn meeting point / accumulation point (math.) 通过剥夺累积 accumulation by dispossession 竞相大规模积累各类武器 massive and competitive accumulation of weapons 累积账户 累積賬戶 accumulation accounts 累积期间 累積期間 accumulation period 权利积累方桉 權利積累方案 rights accumulation programme 家庭收入分配、消费和积累统计暂定准则 家庭收入分配、消費和積累統計暫定準則 Provisional Guidelines on Statistics of the Distribution of Income, Consumption and Accumulation of Households 收入、消费和积累分布统计专家组 收入、消費和積累分布統計專家組 Expert Group on Statistics of the Distribution of Income, Consumption and Accumulation 收入、消费、积累分布统计工作组 收入、消費、積累分布統計工作組 Working Group on Statistics of the Distribution of Income, Consumption and Accumulation 千里之行，始于足下 千里之行，始於足下 qiān lǐ zhī xíng , shǐ yú zú xià lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step / fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one 石头奶 石頭奶 shí tou nǎi engorged breasts / rock-hard breasts (resulting from postnatal milk accumulation or complications from breast implants) 利率 lì lǜ interest rates 加息 jiā xī to raise interest rates 封顶 封頂 fēng dǐng to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch) 升息 shēng xī to raise interest rates 降息 jiàng xī to lower interest rates syn 犯罪率 fàn zuì lǜ crime rates 汇差 匯差 huì chā difference in exchange rates in different regions 市政税 市政稅 shì zhèng shuì city council rates / municipal taxes 降低利率 jiàng dī lì lǜ to reduce interest rates 居高不下 jū gāo bù xià (of prices, rates etc) to remain high syn 特惠运费率 preferential freight rates 按性别分列的结婚率 按性別分列的結婚率 sex-specific marriage rates 价格调整汇率 價格調整匯率 price-adjusted rates of exchange 保健趋势费率 保健趨勢費率 health-care trend rates 标准偿还率 標準償還率 standard rates of reimbursement 调降 調降 tiáo jiàng (Tw) to lower (prices, interest rates etc) / to reduce / to cut 积分 積分 jī fēn integral (calculus) / accumulated points (in sports, at school etc) / total credits earned by student / bonus points in a benefit scheme 利益 lì yì benefit / (in sb's) interest / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 好处 好處 hǎo chu benefit / advantage / merit / gain / profit / also pr. [hao3chu4] syn 效益 xiào yì benefit / effectiveness / efficiency syn 优点 優點 yōu diǎn merit / benefit / strong point / advantage / CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4] syn 补贴 補貼 bǔ tiē to subsidize / subsidy / allowance / to supplement (one's salary etc) / benefit syn 受益 shòu yì to benefit from / profit syn 实惠 實惠 shí huì tangible benefit / material advantages / cheap / economical / advantageous (deal) / substantial (discount) syn 享用 xiǎng yòng to enjoy (i.e. have the use or benefit of) syn 得益 dé yì to derive benefit syn 造福 zào fú to benefit (e.g. the people) syn 益处 益處 yì chu benefit syn 互惠 hù huì mutual benefit / mutually beneficial / reciprocal syn 获益 獲益 huò yì to profit from sth / to get benefit syn 甜头 甜頭 tián tou sweet taste (of power, success etc) / benefit syn 受命 shòu mìng ordained or appointed to a post / to benefit from counsel syn 锦上添花 錦上添花 jǐn shàng tiān huā lit. add flowers to brocade (idiom) / fig. to give sth additional splendor / to provide the crowning touch / (derog.) to benefit sb who is already well off 急功近利 jí gōng jìn lì seeking instant benefit (idiom) / shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return syn 受惠 shòu huì to benefit / favored syn 占便宜 佔便宜 zhàn pián yi advantageous / favorable / to benefit at others' expense / to take unfair advantage syn 惠及 huì jí (literary) to be of benefit to syn 利己 lì jǐ personal profit / to benefit oneself syn 助益 zhù yì benefit / help syn 义演 義演 yì yǎn benefit performance / charity show 效益分析 benefit analysis 补益 補益 bǔ yì benefit / help syn 顺水推舟 順水推舟 shùn shuǐ tuī zhōu lit. to push the boat with the current / fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit syn 施恩 shī ēn to confer a favor on sb / to confer a benefit 利他 lì tā to benefit others / altruism 损人利己 損人利己 sǔn rén lì jǐ harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom) / personal gain to the detriment of others syn 沾光 zhān guāng to bask in the light / fig. to benefit from association with sb or sth / reflected glory syn 拉关系 拉關係 lā guān xì to seek contact with sb for one's own benefit / to suck up to sb syn 互通有无 互通有無 hù tōng yǒu wú (idiom) mutual exchange of assistance / to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls / to reciprocate with material assistance / to scratch each other's back syn 给 給 gěi to / for / for the benefit of / to give / to allow / to do sth (for sb) / (grammatical equivalent of 被) / (grammatical equivalent of 把) / (sentence intensifier) syn 近水楼台先得月 近水樓臺先得月 jìn shuǐ lóu tái xiān dé yuè the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom) / to benefit from intimacy with an influential person syn 压线 壓線 yā xiàn pressure crease / fig. to toil for sb else's benefit / line ball (i.e. on the line) 借光 jiè guāng excuse me (i.e. let me through, please) / reflected glory / to benefit from sb else's prestige syn 苦主 kǔ zhǔ (old) the family of the victim in a murder case / (Tw, HK) victim (of a crime, misfortune etc) / (Tw) (coll.) person who bears the burden while others benefit; 坐收渔利 坐收漁利 zuò shōu yú lì benefit from others' dispute (idiom) syn 益 yì benefit / profit / advantage / beneficial / to increase / to add / all the more syn 得益于 得益於 dé yì yú to benefit from / thanks to 叨 tāo to receive the benefit of 裨 bì to benefit / to aid / advantageous / profitable syn 仁言利博 rén yán lì bó Words of benevolence apply universally (idiom). Humanitarian expressions benefit all. 光前裕后 光前裕後 guāng qián yù hòu to bring honor to one's ancestors and benefit future generations (idiom) syn 左右逢源 zuǒ yòu féng yuán lit. to strike water right and left (idiom) / fig. to turn everything into gold / to have everything going one's way / to benefit from both sides syn 摩顶放踵 摩頂放踵 mó dǐng fàng zhǒng to rub one's head and heels (idiom) / to slave for the benefit of others / to wear oneself out for the general good syn 教学相长 教學相長 jiào xué xiāng zhǎng when you teach someone, both teacher and student will benefit 有害无利 有害無利 yǒu hài wú lì harmful and without benefit (idiom) / more harm than good 羊毛出在羊身上 yáng máo chū zài yáng shēn shàng lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom) / One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. / Nothing comes for free. 顺水推船 順水推船 shùn shuǐ tuī chuán lit. to push the boat with the current / fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit 以飨读者 以饗讀者 yǐ xiǎng dú zhě for the benefit of the reader 便民利民 biàn mín lì mín for the convenience and benefit of the people (idiom) 共同利益 gòng tóng lì yì common interest / mutual benefit 前事不忘，后事之师 前事不忘，後事之師 qián shì bù wàng , hòu shì zhī shī don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom) / benefit from past experience 受教 shòu jiào to receive instruction / to benefit from advice 好康 hǎo kāng (Tw) benefit / advantage (from Taiwanese 好空, Tai-lo pr. [hó-khang]) 平等互利 píng děng hù lì mutual benefit / to share profits equitably 惠民 huì mín to benefit the people 有害无益 有害無益 yǒu hài wú yì harmful and without benefit (idiom) / more harm than good 毛出在羊身上 máo chū zài yáng shēn shàng lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom) / One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid. / Nothing comes for free. 益胃生津 yì wèi shēng jīn to benefit the stomach and increase fluids (idiom) 穷二代 窮二代 qióng èr dài those who did not benefit from the Chinese economic reforms of the 1980s / see also 富二代[fu4 er4 dai4] 