横财 橫財 hèng cái easy money / windfall / ill-gotten gains / undeserved fortune / illegal profit syn 托宾税 tuō bīn shuì Tobin tax / currency transaction tax financial transactions tax 货币交换税 huò bì jiāo huàn shuì Tobin tax / currency transaction tax financial transactions tax 邪财 邪財 xié cái windfall / easy money / ill-gotten gains syn 人无横财不富,马无夜草不肥 人無橫財不富,馬無夜草不肥 rén wú hèng cái bù fù , mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi (saying) a person cannot become wealthy without windfall profits (or ill-gotten gains etc), just as a horse cannot get fat without night feed 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 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 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 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 利得税 利得稅 lì dé shuì profit tax 税法 稅法 shuì fǎ tax code / tax law 营业税 營業稅 yíng yè shuì tax on turnover / sales tax 消费税 消費稅 xiāo fèi shuì consumption tax / sales tax 地税 地稅 dì shuì local tax (abbr. for 地方稅|地方税[di4fang1shui4]) / land tax (abbr. for 土地稅|土地税[tu3di4shui4]) 遗产税 遺產稅 yí chǎn shuì inheritance tax / estate tax 钱粮 錢糧 qián liáng land tax / money and grain (given as tax or tribute) syn 报单 報單 bào dān a tax declaration form / a tax return syn 补税 補稅 bǔ shuì to pay a tax one has evaded / to pay an overdue tax 报税表 報稅表 bào shuì biǎo a tax return / a tax declaration form 逃漏 táo lòu to evade (paying tax) / (tax) evasion 避税地 避稅地 tax haven / tax oasis 继承税 繼承稅 inheritance tax / estate tax 抽税 抽稅 chōu shuì to tax / to levy a tax 成果 chéng guǒ result / achievement / gain / profit / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 好处 好處 hǎo chu benefit / advantage / merit / gain / profit / also pr. [hao3chu4] syn 收益 shōu yì earnings / profit syn 收获 收穫 shōu huò to harvest / to reap / to gain / crop / harvest / profit / gain / bonus / reward syn 盈利 yíng lì profit / gain / to make profits syn 受益 shòu yì to benefit from / profit syn 获利 獲利 huò lì profit / to obtain benefits / benefits obtained syn 净利润 淨利潤 jìng lì rùn net profit syn 赚取 賺取 zhuàn qǔ to make a profit / to earn a packet syn 利润率 利潤率 lì rùn lǜ profit margin 名利 míng lì fame and profit syn 盈余 盈餘 yíng yú surplus / profit syn 牟利 móu lì to gain profit (by underhand means) / to exploit / exploitation syn 损益 損益 sǔn yì profit and loss / increase and decrease syn 获益 獲益 huò yì to profit from sth / to get benefit 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) 出息 chū xi future prospects / profit / to mature / to grow up syn 出息 chū xī to yield interest, profit etc / to exhale (Buddhism) syn 毛利 máo lì gross profit 盈亏 盈虧 yíng kuī profit and loss / waxing and waning syn 油水 yóu shuǐ grease / profit / ill-gotten gains 热钱 熱錢 rè qián hot money, money flowing from one currency to another in the hope of quick profit 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 牟取 móu qǔ to gain profit (by underhand means) / to exploit / see also 謀取|谋取[mou2 qu3] syn 利己 lì jǐ personal profit / to benefit oneself 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 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 自私自利 zì sī zì lì everything for self and selfish profit (idiom) / with no regard for others / selfish / mercenary syn 纯利 純利 chún lì net profit syn 薄利多销 薄利多銷 bó lì duō xiāo small profit but rapid turnover 趁火打劫 chèn huǒ dǎ jié to loot a burning house / to profit from sb's misfortune (idiom) syn 净利 淨利 jìng lì net profit syn 裨益 bì yì benefit / advantage / profit / to be a benefit to 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 净收入 淨收入 jìng shōu rù net income / 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 谋利 謀利 móu lì to make a profit / to gain / to get an advantage syn 损益表 損益表 sǔn yì biǎo income statement (US) / profit and loss account (UK) 利 lì sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit syn 争权夺利 爭權奪利 zhēng quán duó lì scramble for power and profit (idiom) / power struggle 大吉大利 dà jí dà lì great luck, great profit (idiom) / everything is thriving syn 赚头 賺頭 zhuàn tou profit (colloquial) syn 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 攀亲 攀親 pān qīn to seek to profit by family ties syn 渔利 漁利 yú lì to make an unethical profit / benefits gained from others' conflict 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 益 yì benefit / profit / advantage / beneficial / to increase / to add / all the more syn 倒买倒卖 倒買倒賣 dǎo mǎi dǎo mài to buy and sell at a profit / to speculate 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 赢 贏 yíng to beat / to win / to profit syn 赚 賺 zhuàn to earn / to make a profit syn 嬴 yíng old variant of 贏|赢[ying2], to win, to profit / old variant of 盈[ying2], full 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) 盈馀 盈餘 yíng yú surplus / profit 倒弄 dǎo nong to move (things around) / to buy and sell at a profit (derog.) 利得 lì dé profit / gain 奇羡 奇羨 jī xiàn surplus / profit 实利 實利 shí lì advantage / gain / net profit syn 对本 對本 duì běn (a return) equal to the capital / 100 percent profit 捣卖 搗賣 dǎo mài to resell at a profit 满招损,谦受益 滿招損,謙受益 mǎn zhāo sǔn , qiān shòu yì (idiom) complacency leads to loss, modesty brings profit / pride comes before a fall 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 盈亏自负 盈虧自負 yíng kuī zì fù responsible for its profit and losses (of organization) / financially autonomous / personal financial responsibility 纯利益 純利益 chún lì yì net profit