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 警报 警報 jǐng bào (fire) alarm / alert signal / alarm / alert / warning 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 征兆 徵兆 zhēng zhào omen / sign (that sth is about to happen) / warning sign syn 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 预警 預警 yù jǐng warning / early warning 盈利 yíng lì profit / gain / to make profits syn 报警器 報警器 bào jǐng qì alarm (e.g. burglar or fire alarm) / warning device 警示 jǐng shì to warn / to alert / warning / cautionary syn 出息 chū xi future prospects / profit / to mature / to grow up syn 打草惊蛇 打草驚蛇 dǎ cǎo jīng shé lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom) / fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy / to punish sb as a warning to others 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 鸣枪 鳴槍 míng qiāng to fire warning shots syn 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 警号 警號 jǐng hào alarm / alert / warning signal 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 警讯 警訊 jǐng xùn warning sign / police call 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 引以为戒 引以為戒 yǐn yǐ wéi jiè to take sth as a warning (idiom) / to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly syn 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 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 牟取 móu qǔ to gain profit (by underhand means) / to exploit / see also 謀取|谋取[mou2 qu3] syn 预警机 預警機 yù jǐng jī early warning aircraft system, e.g. US AWACS 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 预警系统 預警系統 yù jǐng xì tǒng early warning system 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 示警 shì jǐng to warn / a warning sign 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 预警机制 預警機制 early warning mechanism 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 苦口 kǔ kǒu lit. bitter taste (cf good medicine tastes bitter 良藥苦口|良药苦口) / fig. earnestly (of warning, advice) syn 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 喽 嘍 lou (final particle equivalent to 了[le5]) / (particle calling attention to, or mildly warning of, a situation) 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 以儆效尤 yǐ jǐng xiào yóu (idiom) to warn against following bad examples / as a warning to others syn 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 鉴戒 鑒戒 jiàn jiè lesson from events of the past / warning syn 猝不及防 cù bù jí fáng to be caught off guard / without warning 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 超额利润 超額利潤 chāo é lì rùn superprofit / excess profit 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) 饥荒预警系统 飢荒預警系統 jī huāng yù jǐng xì tǒng Famine Early Warning System / Famine Early Warning System Network 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 辐射警告标志 輻射警告標志 fú shè jǐng gào biāo zhì radiation warning symbol 政府警告 zhèng fǔ jǐng gào government warning 