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 事业 事業 shì yè undertaking / project / activity / (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause / publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation / career / occupation / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 机构 機構 jī gòu mechanism / structure / organization / agency / institution / CL:所[suo3] syn 院 yuàn courtyard / institution / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 基金会 基金會 jī jīn huì foundation (institution supported by an endowment) 制度 zhì dù system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc) / institution / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 机关 機關 jī guān mechanism / gear / machine-operated / office / agency / organ / organization / establishment / institution / body / stratagem / scheme / intrigue / plot / trick / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 院长 院長 yuàn zhǎng the head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuan4] / chair of a board / university president / college dean / premier of the Republic of China / CL:個|个[ge4] 受益 shòu yì to benefit from / profit syn 收益 shōu yì earnings / profit syn 学员 學員 xué yuán student / member of an institution of learning / officer cadet syn 名额 名額 míng é quota / number of places / place (in an institution, a group etc) 获利 獲利 huò lì profit / to obtain benefits / benefits obtained syn 有色 yǒu sè colored / non-white / non-ferrous (metals) syn 盈利 yíng lì profit / gain / to make profits syn 收容 shōu róng to provide a place to stay / to house / to accommodate / (of an institution etc) to take in / to accept 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 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 院校 yuàn xiào college / academy / educational institution 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 劳教所 勞教所 láo jiào suǒ correctional institution / labor camp 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 少年宫 少年宮 shào nián gōng Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities 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 高职 高職 gāo zhí vocational higher education institution (abbr. for 高等職業技術學校|高等职业技术学校[gao1 deng3 zhi2 ye4 ji4 shu4 xue2 xiao4]) / senior academic or professional title (abbr. for 高級職稱|高级职称[gao1 ji2 zhi2 cheng1]) / high-ranking employee (abbr. for 高級職員|高级职员[gao1 ji2 zhi2 yuan2]) / (Tw) vocational high school 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 官署 guān shǔ official institution / state bureau syn 事业单位 事業單位 shì yè dān wèi public institution / (Tw) business enterprise / company / firm 金融机构 金融機構 jīn róng jī gòu financial institution / banking institution 净利润 淨利潤 jìng lì rùn net profit syn 招考 zhāo kǎo to advertise an entrance examination for an academic institution (old) 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 发展研究中心 發展研究中心 fā zhǎn yán jiū zhōng xīn Development Research Center (PRC State Council institution) 热钱 熱錢 rè qián hot money, money flowing from one currency to another in the hope of quick profit 中央党校 中央黨校 zhōng yāng dǎng xiào Central Party School, China's highest institution specifically for training Party cadres, founded in 1933 创办人 創辦人 chuàng bàn rén founder (of an institution etc) 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 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) 中央研究院 zhōng yāng yán jiū yuàn Academia Sinica, research institution headquartered in Taipei 国子监 國子監 guó zǐ jiàn Guozijian, the highest educational administrative body in imperial China, in some dynasties also functioning as the highest institution of academic research and learning (Imperial College, aka Imperial Academy) 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 典章 diǎn zhāng institution / institutional 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 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 教养院 教養院 correctional institution 儿 兒 r non-syllabic diminutive suffix / retroflex final syn 非 fēi to not be / not / wrong / incorrect / non- / un- / in- / de- / to reproach / to blame / (coll.) to insist on / simply must syn 爱人 愛人 ài ren spouse (PRC) / lover (non-PRC) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 管制 guǎn zhì to control / to restrict / (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations) syn 内幕 內幕 nèi mù inside story / non-public information / behind the scenes / internal syn 改头换面 改頭換面 gǎi tóu huàn miàn to change outwardly while remaining essentially the same (derog.) (idiom) / (Tw) (non-derogatory) to change considerably / to undergo a transformation syn 民间 民間 mín jiān among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments 旁观 旁觀 páng guān spectator / non-participant syn 会话 會話 huì huà (language learning) conversation / dialog / to converse (in a non-native language) / (computing) session / CL:個|个[ge4],次[ci4] syn 轻重缓急 輕重緩急 qīng zhòng huǎn jí slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority syn 异己 異己 yì jǐ dissident / alien / outsider / non-self / others syn 