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earnings / profit
HSK 4
benefit / (in sb's) interest / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
day by day / more and more / increasingly / more and more with each passing day
HSK 7-9
useful / beneficial / profitable
HSK 7-9
rights / interests / rights and benefits
HSK 7-9
to benefit from / profit
HSK 7-9
benefit / effectiveness / efficiency
HSK 7-9
public good; public welfare; public interest
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to constantly seek to improve; to keep perfecting
HSK 7-9
to benefit from / thanks to
HSK 7-9
benefit
HSK 7-9
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benefit / profit / advantage / beneficial / to increase / to add / all the more
to derive benefit
benefit / help
profit and loss / increase and decrease
to grow the intellect / Alpinia oxyphylla, a type of ginger (Chinese medicine)
P⁄E ratio (price-to-earnings ratio)
beneficiary
increasingly / more and more / ever more / all the more
Yiyang, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省
to make life longer / to promise longevity / (this product will) extend your life
collecting opinions is of wide benefit (idiom); to pool wisdom for mutual benefit / to profit from widespread suggestions
public welfare funds / community chest
benefit / help
old but vigorous (idiom); hale and hearty despite the years
good teacher and helpful friend (idiom); mentor
to make use of one's position to gain profit for oneself or one's associates
beneficial insect
increasingly / more and more / all the more
lit. opening a book is profitable (idiom); the benefits of education
income / (literary) improvement / progress
lit. try to straighten out silk threads only to tangle them further (idiom) / fig. to try to help but end up making things worse
name of old state in modern Sichuan
to increase / gain (electronics) / (gaming) buff
no good / not good for / not beneficial
beneficial bird (esp. one that preys on insect pests or mice)
service to the public / public welfare undertaking / charity / social facility
the more the better
vested interest
helpful friend / wise companion
increasingly / more and more
motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus or L. cardiaca)
wishing for profit, but causing loss (idiom); good intentions that lead to disaster / It all ends in tears.
educational toy
interests protected by law
debuff (gaming)
bringing great benefits (idiom); very useful / of great service / to help greatly / to serve one well
charity event / public service activities
total profit / aggregate return
earnings rate / earnings yield (finance)
interest group
to bring out the best in each other (idiom) / to complement one another well
poor but ambitious (idiom); hard-pressed but determined / the worse one's position, the harder one must fight back
best interests
to benefit (from)
motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus)
Wangyi District of Tongchuan City 銅川市|铜川市, Shaanxi
(idiom) complacency leads to loss, modesty brings profit / pride comes before a fall
beneficial
to profit from sth / to get benefit
interests of the people
beneficiary
retained earnings
harmful and without benefit (idiom); more harm than good
net profit
conflict of interest
(finance) yield to maturity (YTM)
to increase daily
one's own interests
common interest / mutual benefit
(national) defense interests
TOEIC (Test of English for International Communication) (Tw)
futile endeavor (idiom)
tax benefits table
income statement (US) / profit and loss account (UK)
income account (accountancy)
add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse / to add fuel to the fire
Wangyi District of Tongchuan City 銅川市|铜川市, Shaanxi
probiotics
increasingly / more and more
public interest
virtuous companions and worthy friends
to take from the rich and give to the poor (idiom)
benefit / advantage / profit / to be a benefit to
More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).


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