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HSK
victory / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
fluent
HSK 2
smoothly; without a hitch
HSK 2
patent / sth uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people / monopoly
HSK 5
material benefit / benefit in kind / (social) welfare
HSK 5
advantageous; favorable
HSK 3
unfavorable / disadvantageous / harmful / detrimental
HSK 5
convenient / easy / to facilitate
HSK 5
auspicious / lucky / propitious
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *利* | 利* | *利
sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit
HSK 6
right (i.e. an entitlement to sth) / (classical) power and wealth
HSK 4
fame and profit
HSK 7-9
mutual benefit / to share profits equitably
Amway (brand)
to recommend (a product etc); to promote
sharp / incisive / penetrating
ominous
low interest
Mali (Tw)
Ferrari, Italian luxury sports car manufacturer
water conservancy / irrigation works
HSK 7-9
everything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others / selfish / mercenary
HSK 7-9
Henry (name) / henry (unit of inductance)
profit / gain / to make profits
HSK 7-9
to lose / to suffer defeat
HSK 7-9
for profit / to seek profit
scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle
utility
lit. when the snipe and the clam grapple with each other, the fisherman catches them both (idiom) / fig. when two sides are locked in dispute, it's often a third party that benefits
Italy
Hungary
net profit
to prevail / to achieve victory / to be victorious
Bob Marley (1945-1981), Jamaican reggae musician and activist
Geely, Chinese car make
not caring about fame and fortune (idiom) / indifferent to worldly rewards
to reap huge profits (esp. by unscrupulous means)
to make a profit / to gain / to get an advantage
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *利* | 利* | *利
surname Li
gross profit
Suntory, Japanese beverage company
arbitrage
Mercury (Roman god)
Berkeley
having no advantage whatsoever
to build or repair water conservancy infrastructure (e.g. canals, reservoirs etc)
unjust enrichment
Harry
great luck, great profit (idiom); everything is thriving
advantage / gain / net profit
sharp (e.g. knife blade) / incisive / to the point
high interest / huge profit / to value money highly
Dudley (name)
dividend
swift / agile / efficient / quick-witted (colloquial)
personal gain; (one's own) selfish interest
seeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return
ashes of cremated Buddha
ambidextrous
harmful and without benefit (idiom); more harm than good
sudden huge profits
HSK 7-9
(economics) demographic dividend
(idiom) the benefit reaped by a third party when two sides are locked in a dispute
snobbish
(HK, Sg, Tw) Pelé (1940–2022), Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, Brazilian football star
(Tw) Italy
(Buddhism) relic found in the cremated ashes of Buddhists (from Sanskrit "śarīra")
England (historical loan, from English)
wealth and profit / riches
Dolly (1996-2003), female sheep, first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell
Austria
to be focused on short-term gain
compound interest
small profits
profit / to obtain benefits / benefits obtained
net profit
Mikheil Saakashvili (1967-), Georgian politician, president of Georgia 2004-2013
mutually beneficial
to value righteousness rather than material gain (idiom)
sharp / keen / acute / incisive / penetrating / perceptive
Kigali, capital of Rwanda
covered arbitrage
principal and interest / capital and profit
no profit / not profitable / a hindrance / (to lend money) at no interest
(idiom) to seek fame and wealth
sharp / keen / cutting / shrill / piercing
civil rights
Morgan Stanley (financial services company)
to benefit (from sth)
(idiom) to be successful in every endeavor
Ashikaga (Japanese surname and place name)
Kelly (person name)
Chernobyl
Chile
small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
mere worldly, superficial gain, such as wealth and fame
efficient / brisk / neat

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