多 duō many / much / more / a lot of / too many / in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi- / poly- 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 过度 過度 guò dù excessive / over- / excess / going too far / extravagant / intemperate / overdue syn 酗酒 xù jiǔ heavy drinking / to get drunk / to drink to excess syn 收获 收穫 shōu huò to harvest / to reap / to gain / crop / harvest / profit / gain / bonus / reward syn 成果 chéng guǒ result / achievement / gain / profit / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 气死 氣死 qì sǐ to infuriate / to be furious / to die from an excess of anger 受益 shòu yì to benefit from / profit syn 收益 shōu yì earnings / profit syn 获利 獲利 huò lì profit / to obtain benefits / benefits obtained syn 盈利 yíng lì profit / gain / to make profits syn 透支 tòu zhī (banking) to overdraw / to take out an overdraft / an overdraft / to overspend (i.e. expenditure in excess of revenue) / (old) to draw one's wage in advance / (fig.) to exhaust (one's enthusiasm, energy etc) / to damage a natural resource through overuse syn 出息 chū xi future prospects / profit / to mature / to grow up syn 获益 獲益 huò yì to profit from sth / to get benefit syn 倒卖 倒賣 dǎo mài to resell at a profit / to speculate syn 超负荷 超負荷 chāo fù hè excess load / an overload / overloaded syn 断送 斷送 duàn sòng to forfeit (future profit, one's life etc) / ruined syn 毛利 máo lì gross profit 自私自利 zì sī zì lì everything for self and selfish profit (idiom) / with no regard for others / selfish / mercenary syn 油水 yóu shuǐ grease / profit / ill-gotten gains 名利 míng lì fame and profit syn 赚取 賺取 zhuàn qǔ to make a profit / to earn a packet syn 牟利 móu lì to gain profit (by underhand means) / to exploit / exploitation syn 横财 橫財 hèng cái easy money / windfall / ill-gotten gains / undeserved fortune / illegal profit syn 唯利是图 唯利是圖 wéi lì shì tú (idiom) to be bent solely on profit / to put profit before everything else syn 赢利 贏利 yíng lì gain / profit / to make a profit syn 营利 營利 yíng lì for profit / to seek profit syn 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) 趁火打劫 chèn huǒ dǎ jié to loot a burning house / to profit from sb's misfortune (idiom) syn 利己 lì jǐ personal profit / to benefit oneself syn 盈余 盈餘 yíng yú surplus / profit syn 大吉大利 dà jí dà lì great luck, great profit (idiom) / everything is thriving 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 谋利 謀利 móu lì to make a profit / to gain / to get an advantage syn 利润率 利潤率 lì rùn lǜ profit margin 盈亏 盈虧 yíng kuī profit and loss / waxing and waning syn 赚头 賺頭 zhuàn tou profit (colloquial) syn 冗员 冗員 rǒng yuán excess personnel / superfluous staff 裨益 bì yì benefit / advantage / profit / to be a benefit to syn 净收入 淨收入 jìng shōu rù net income / net profit syn 争权夺利 爭權奪利 zhēng quán duó lì scramble for power and profit (idiom) / power struggle 贪杯 貪杯 tān bēi to drink in excess 牟取 móu qǔ to gain profit (by underhand means) / to exploit / see also 謀取|谋取[mou2 qu3] syn 纯利 純利 chún lì net profit syn 自负盈亏 自負盈虧 zì fù yíng kuī responsible for its profit and losses (of organization) / financially autonomous / personal financial responsibility 净利润 淨利潤 jìng lì rùn net profit syn 损益 損益 sǔn yì profit and loss / increase and decrease syn 出息 chū xī to yield interest, profit etc / to exhale (Buddhism) syn 热钱 熱錢 rè qián hot money, money flowing from one currency to another in the hope of quick profit 赘肉 贅肉 zhuì ròu excess flesh / unwanted fat / flab / bulge 非营利 非營利 fēi yíng lì nonprofit / not for profit 无利 無利 wú lì no profit / not profitable / a hindrance / (to lend money) at no interest 薄利多销 薄利多銷 bó lì duō xiāo small profit but rapid turnover 净利 淨利 jìng lì net profit syn 虚火 虛火 xū huǒ excess of internal heat due to poor general condition (TCM) / the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself syn 见利忘义 見利忘義 jiàn lì wàng yì lit. to see profit and forget morality (idiom) / fig. to act from mercenary considerations / to sell one's soul syn 损益表 損益表 sǔn yì biǎo income statement (US) / profit and loss account (UK) 利市 lì shì business profit / auspicious / lucky / small sum of money offered on festive days 创利 創利 chuàng lì to make a profit syn 连本带利 連本帶利 lián běn dài lì both principal and interest / capital plus profit 赢 贏 yíng to beat / to win / to profit syn 倒 dǎo to fall / to collapse / to lie horizontally / to fail / to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit syn 赚 賺 zhuàn to earn / to make a profit syn 余 餘 yú extra / surplus / remaining / remainder after division / (following numerical value) or more / in excess of (some number) / residue (math.) / after / I / me syn 润 潤 rùn moist / glossy / sleek / to moisten / to lubricate / to embellish / to enhance / profit / remuneration / (neologism c. 2021) (slang) (loanword from "run") to emigrate (in order to flee adverse conditions) syn 益 yì benefit / profit / advantage / beneficial / to increase / to add / all the more syn 嬴 yíng old variant of 贏|赢[ying2], to win, to profit / old variant of 盈[ying2], full 攀亲 攀親 pān qīn to seek to profit by family ties syn 倒买倒卖 倒買倒賣 dǎo mǎi dǎo mài to buy and sell at a profit / to speculate 暴利税 暴利稅 bào lì shuì windfall profit tax 渔利 漁利 yú lì to make an unethical profit / benefits gained from others' conflict syn 损公肥私 損公肥私 sǔn gōng féi sī to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom) / personal profit at public expense / venal and selfish behavior syn 争名夺利 爭名奪利 zhēng míng duó lì to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom) / scrambling for fame and wealth / only interested in personal gain 毛收入 máo shōu rù gross income / gross profit 捞油水 撈油水 lāo yóu shuǐ (coll.) to gain profit (usu. by underhand means) 对本 對本 duì běn (a return) equal to the capital / 100 percent profit 好酒贪杯 好酒貪杯 hǎo jiǔ tān bēi good wine taken in excess (idiom) / fond of the bottle 一本万利 一本萬利 yī běn wàn lì small capital, huge profit (idiom) / to put in a little and get a lot out syn 欲益反损 欲益反損 yù yì fǎn sǔn wishing for profit, but causing loss (idiom) / good intentions that lead to disaster / It all ends in tears. 见利思义 見利思義 jiàn lì sī yì to see profit and remember morality (idiom) / to act ethically / not tempted by riches 见钱眼开 見錢眼開 jiàn qián yǎn kāi to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom) / thinking of nothing but personal gain / money-grubbing syn 违利赴名 違利赴名 wéi lì fù míng to renounce profit and seek fame (idiom) / to abandon greed for reputation / to choose fame over fortune 善自为谋 善自為謀 shàn zì wéi móu to be good at working for one's own profit (idiom) 殖利 zhí lì to generate a profit / profit / yield 非牟利公司 fēi móu lì gōng sī non-profit corporation / not-for-profit corporation 非营利公司 非營利公司 fēi yíng lì gōng sī non-profit corporation / not-for-profit corporation 免赔 免賠 miǎn péi (insurance) excess 喜则气缓 喜則氣緩 xǐ zé qì huǎn joy depresses one's qi vital breath / an excess of joy may lead to sluggishness of vital energy (TCM) 狂饮暴食 狂飲暴食 kuáng yǐn bào shí drunken gluttony (idiom) / eating and drinking to excess 阴虚火旺 陰虛火旺 yīn xū huǒ wàng an excess of heat caused by a deficiency in Yin energy (idiom) 余码 餘碼 yú mǎ excess code (i.e. the unused bits in binary-coded decimal) 低过量空气 low excess air 溢额 yì é excess 过量空气 excess air 过量生产 過量生產 excess output 房劳 房勞 fáng láo deficiency of kidney essence due to sexual excess (TCM) 醟 yòng to drink to excess / dissolute 阳盛 陽盛 yáng shèng excess of yang 陽|阳[yang2] in TCM 