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益
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Definitions
- 1. benefit
- 2. profit
- 3. advantage
- 4. beneficial
- 5. to increase
- 6. to add
- 7. all the more
Example Sentences
1 shown滿招損, 謙受 益 。
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Words Containing 益
useful
benefit
no good
beneficial insect
good citizens
best interests
earnings rate
to make use of one's position to gain profit for oneself or one's associates
lit. opening a book is profitable (idiom); the benefits of education
vested interest
add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse
harmful and without benefit (idiom); more harm than good
net profit
to pool knowledge and ideas to produce a better outcome
debuff (gaming)
retained earnings
charity event
interests of the people
to take from the rich and give to the poor (idiom)
beneficiary
interest group
to find sth increasingly difficult
beneficial bird (esp. one that preys on insect pests or mice)
helpful friend
benefit
to benefit from
probiotics
Wangyi District of Tongchuan City 銅川市|铜川市[tóng chuān shì], Shaanxi
total profit
Zhanyi county in Qujing 曲靖[qǔ jìng], Yunnan
wishing for profit, but causing loss (idiom); good intentions that lead to disaster
increasingly
motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus or L. cardiaca)
beneficial
benefit
one's own interests
good teacher and helpful friend (idiom); mentor
(finance) yield to maturity (YTM)
day by day
income statement (US)
rights
to bring out the best in each other (idiom)
interests protected by law
tax benefits table
to benefit the stomach and increase fluids (idiom)
profit and loss
common interest
service to the public
Yiyang, prefecture-level city in Hunan
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).
to make life longer
(national) defense interests
to benefit (from)
Yiyang prefecture in Hunan
public good; public welfare; public interest
benefit
increasingly
to derive benefit
increasingly
to increase daily
motherwort (Leonurus heterophyllus)
beneficiary
collecting opinions is of wide benefit (idiom); to pool wisdom for mutual benefit
Yiyang, prefecture-level city in Hunan
benefit
earnings
P⁄E ratio (price-to-earnings ratio)
(idiom) complacency leads to loss, modesty brings profit
futile endeavor (idiom)
educational toy
to grow the intellect
the more the better
Wangyi District of Tongchuan City 銅川市|铜川市[tóng chuān shì], Shaanxi
lit. try to straighten out silk threads only to tangle them further (idiom)
income
income account (accountancy)
virtuous companions and worthy friends
increasingly
to increase
to profit from sth
to perfect sth that is already outstanding (idiom); constantly improving
Zhanyi county in Qujing 曲靖[qǔ jìng], Yunnan
poor but ambitious (idiom); hard-pressed but determined
benefit
public interest
bringing great benefits (idiom); very useful
public welfare funds