Understand the usage and meaning of 「有利有弊」 with pinyin in Mandarin and Cantonese included.

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Here’s the idiom 「有利有弊」, with its definition and practical application described below.

There is a good side and a bad side.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yǒu lì yǒu bì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yau5 lei6 yau5 bai6

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