惟利是求
wéi​lì​shì​qiú

to seek only profit

  • created sense approved 惟利是求 · wéi​lì​shì​qiú · to seek only profit — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    惟利是求

    wéi​lì​shì​qiú

    to seek only profit

    to be interested only in personal gain or profit; to be driven solely by greed

    惟 (literal) → 惟 · wéi · only 利 (literal) → 利 · lì · profit 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · [object marker] 求 (literal) → 求 · qiú · to seek

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense