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 利 lì sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit syn 好处 好處 hǎo chu benefit / advantage / merit / gain / profit / also pr. [hao3chu4] syn 利益 lì yì benefit / (in sb's) interest / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 享用 xiǎng yòng to enjoy (i.e. have the use or benefit of) syn 福利 fú lì material benefit / benefit in kind / (social) welfare syn 优点 優點 yōu diǎn merit / benefit / strong point / advantage / CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4] syn 哀悼 āi dào to grieve over sb's death / to lament sb's death / mourning syn 受益 shòu yì to benefit from / profit syn 临死 臨死 lín sǐ facing death / at death's door 甜头 甜頭 tián tou sweet taste (of power, success etc) / benefit syn 补贴 補貼 bǔ tiē to subsidize / subsidy / allowance / to supplement (one's salary etc) / benefit syn 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 益处 益處 yì chu benefit syn 受命 shòu mìng ordained or appointed to a post / to benefit from counsel syn 得益 dé yì to derive benefit syn 借光 jiè guāng excuse me (i.e. let me through, please) / reflected glory / to benefit from sb else's prestige syn 获益 獲益 huò yì to profit from sth / to get benefit syn 死囚 sǐ qiú prisoner that awaits execution / convict sentenced to death / someone on death row syn 互惠 hù huì mutual benefit / mutually beneficial / reciprocal syn 占便宜 佔便宜 zhàn pián yi advantageous / favorable / to benefit at others' expense / to take unfair advantage syn 死于非命 死於非命 sǐ yú fēi mìng violent death (idiom) / to die in a disaster / an unnatural death syn 造福 zào fú to benefit (e.g. the people) 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 义演 義演 yì yǎn benefit performance / charity show 实惠 實惠 shí huì tangible benefit / material advantages / cheap / economical / advantageous (deal) / substantial (discount) syn 效益 xiào yì benefit / effectiveness / efficiency syn 急功近利 jí gōng jìn lì seeking instant benefit (idiom) / shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return syn 施恩 shī ēn to confer a favor on sb / to confer a benefit 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 利己 lì jǐ personal profit / to benefit oneself syn 受惠 shòu huì to benefit / favored syn 凌迟 凌遲 líng chí the lingering death / the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment) syn 诈死 詐死 zhà sǐ to feign death / to fake death 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 惠及 huì jí (literary) to be of benefit to syn 死缓 死緩 sǐ huǎn deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal) syn 裨益 bì yì benefit / advantage / profit / to be a benefit to syn 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 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 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 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; 害死 hài sǐ to kill / to cause death / to do sb to death 助益 zhù yì benefit / help syn 效益分析 benefit analysis 补益 補益 bǔ yì benefit / help syn 利他 lì tā to benefit others / altruism 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 压线 壓線 yā xiàn pressure crease / fig. to toil for sb else's benefit / line ball (i.e. on the line) 非命 fēi mìng unnatural death / violent death 叨 tāo to receive the benefit of 益 yì benefit / profit / advantage / beneficial / to increase / to add / all the more syn 受益匪浅 受益匪淺 shòu yì fěi qiǎn to benefit (from) syn 坐收渔利 坐收漁利 zuò shōu yú lì benefit from others' dispute (idiom) syn 得益于 得益於 dé yì yú to benefit from / thanks to 裨 bì to benefit / to aid / advantageous / profitable syn 死亡 sǐ wáng to die / death syn 死刑 sǐ xíng death penalty / capital punishment syn 身后 身後 shēn hòu the time after one's death / a place behind sb / (fig.) one's social background syn 死因 sǐ yīn cause of death 生死 shēng sǐ life or death syn 死神 sǐ shén mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die / (fig.) death syn 死人 sǐ rén dead person / (coll.) to die / (of a death) to happen syn 致死 zhì sǐ to cause death / to be lethal / to be deadly 要命 yào mìng to cause sb's death / extremely / terribly / (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance syn 处死 處死 chǔ sǐ an execution / to put sb to death syn 冻死 凍死 dòng sǐ to freeze to death / to die off in winter 吊死 diào sǐ death by hanging / to hang oneself syn 永别 永別 yǒng bié to part forever / eternal parting (i.e. death) syn 死活 sǐ huó life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me syn 半死 bàn sǐ half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) / (tired) to death / (terrified) out of one's wits / (beaten) to within an inch of one's life / (knock) the daylights out of sb syn 行刑 xíng xíng to carry out a (death) sentence / execution syn 死讯 死訊 sǐ xùn news of sb's death syn 无常 無常 wú cháng variable / changeable / fickle / impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya) / ghost taking away the soul after death / to pass away / to die syn 坐以待毙 坐以待斃 zuò yǐ dài bì to sit and wait for death (idiom) / resigned to one's fate syn 寻死 尋死 xún sǐ to attempt suicide / to court death syn 惨遭 慘遭 cǎn zāo to suffer (defeat, death etc) syn 毙命 斃命 bì mìng to meet violent death / to get killed syn 生死攸关 生死攸關 shēng sǐ yōu guān matter of life and death syn 垂危 chuí wēi close to death / life-threatening (illness) syn 惨死 慘死 cǎn sǐ to die tragically / to meet with a violent death 三长两短 三長兩短 sān cháng liǎng duǎn unexpected misfortune / unexpected accident / sudden death syn 濒死 瀕死 bīn sǐ nearing death / on the point of demise / approaching extinction syn 擦肩而过 擦肩而過 cā jiān ér guò to brush past / to pass by (sb) / (fig.) to miss (an opportunity, a danger etc) / to have a brush (with death) syn 死罪 sǐ zuì capital offense / crime punishable by death / my deepest apologies syn 噩耗 è hào news of sb's death / sad news syn 死去活来 死去活來 sǐ qù huó lái to hover between life and death (idiom) / to suffer terribly / within an inch of one's life syn 苟延残喘 苟延殘喘 gǒu yán cán chuǎn to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom) syn 假死 jiǎ sǐ suspended animation / feigned death / to play dead syn 一了百了 yī liǎo bǎi liǎo (idiom) once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved / death ends all one's troubles syn 死命 sǐ mìng doom / death / desperately syn 生死存亡 shēng sǐ cún wáng matter of life and death syn 死战 死戰 sǐ zhàn fight to the death / desperate struggle syn 千钧一发 千鈞一髮 qiān jūn yī fà a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom) / imminent peril / a matter of life or death syn 殊死 shū sǐ to behead / capital punishment / desperate struggle / life-and-death syn 死守 sǐ shǒu to defend one's property to the death / to cling obstinately to old habits / die-hard syn 拼死拼活 pīn sǐ pīn huó one's utmost / (to fight or work) desperately hard / to put up a life or death struggle / at all costs syn 