He is a lump of selfishness.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
自私自利
everything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
everything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others
02
selfish
03
mercenary
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 自私自利 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 自私自利 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
He is nothing more than an egoist.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 自私自利.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 自私自利.
Directly before
- 个自私自利1
- 极其自私自利1
Directly after
- 自私自利的2
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 自私自利
What does 自私自利 mean in Chinese?
自私自利 (zìsīzìlì) means everything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others.
How do you pronounce 自私自利?
自私自利 is pronounced zìsīzìlì.
Is 自私自利 an HSK word?
自私自利 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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