created sense approved 兴利除害/興利除害 · xīnglìchúhài · to promote what is beneficial and abolish what is harmful — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
兴利除害 / 興利除害
xīnglìchúhài
to promote what is beneficial and abolish what is harmful
To promote the public interest while getting rid of evils or abuses; to bring about benefits and remove harm.
兴 (literal) → 兴/興 · xīng · to flourish 利 (literal) → 利 · lì · benefit 除害 (literal) → 除害 · chúhài · to eliminate harmful things
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition