唯利是圖

See also: 唯利是图

Chinese

		yes; only; alone	advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp	be; yes; this	diagram; to plan; picture diagram; to plan; picture; drawing; chart
trad. (唯利是圖)		唯	利	是	圖
simp. (唯利是图)		唯	利	是	图
alternative forms		惟利是圖／惟利是图

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéilìshìtú

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄕˋ ㄊㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ lei⁶ si⁶ tou⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ûi-lī-sī-tô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéilìshìtú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄕˋ ㄊㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéilìshìhtú
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-li⁴-shih⁴-tʻu²
    • Yale: wéi-lì-shr̀-tú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weilihshyhtwu
    • Palladius: вэйлишиту (vɛjlišitu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴ lei⁶ si⁶ tou⁴
    • Yale: wàih leih sih tòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ lei⁶ si⁶ tou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ léi⁶ xi⁶ tou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ lei̯²² siː²² tʰou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-lī-sī-tô͘
    • Tâi-lô: uî-lī-sī-tôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uilixsixdoo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² li²²⁻²¹ si²²⁻²¹ tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² li⁴¹⁻²² si⁴¹⁻²² tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² li²²⁻²¹ si²²⁻²¹ tɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴⁻¹¹ li³³⁻¹¹ si³³⁻¹¹ tɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³⁻³³ li³³⁻²¹ si³³⁻²¹ tɔ²³/

Idiom

唯利是圖

1. to be bent solely on profit; to seek nothing but profits

   • 蘇聯和一切資本主義國家的上層成分之唯利是圖者根本相反，它是以援助一切弱小民族和革命戰爭為其職志的。 [MSC, trad.]
     苏联和一切资本主义国家的上层成分之唯利是图者根本相反，它是以援助一切弱小民族和革命战争为其职志的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Sūlián hé yīqiè zīběnzhǔyì guójiā de shàngcéng chéngfèn zhī wéilìshìtú zhě gēnběn xiāngfǎn, tā shì yǐ yuánzhù yīqiè ruòxiǎo mínzú hé gémìng zhànzhēng wéi qí zhízhì de. [Pinyin]

     In direct contrast to all the members of the upper strata in the capitalist countries who seek nothing but profits, the Soviet Union considers it its duty to help all weak nations and all revolutionary wars.