損人不利己

See also: 损人不利己

Chinese

		to damage; injure; to lose to damage; injure; to lose; to harm	man; person; people	not; no	advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp	6th heavenly stem; self
trad. (損人不利己)		損	人	不	利	己
simp. (损人不利己)		损	人	不	利	己

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǔn rén bù lì jǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄣˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun² jan⁴ bat¹ lei⁶ gei²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǔn rén bù lì jǐ [Phonetic: sǔn rén bú lì jǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄣˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǔn rén bù lì jǐ
    • Wade–Giles: sun³ jên² pu⁴ li⁴ chi³
    • Yale: swǔn rén bù lì jǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: soen ren bu lih jii
    • Palladius: сунь жэнь бу ли цзи (sunʹ žɛnʹ bu li czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ li⁵¹ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun² jan⁴ bat¹ lei⁶ gei²
    • Yale: syún yàhn bāt leih géi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn² jan⁴ bat⁷ lei⁶ gei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun² yen⁴ bed¹ léi⁶ géi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn³⁵ jɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ lei̯²² kei̯³⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 損人不利己

1. to harm others without gaining anything in the process
2. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face