4 characters Idiom and proverb 17 818

Chinese study involves characters, phrases, and idioms. This resource introduces 「惟利是圖」 as part of advanced learning. Explanation below.

Discover the idiom 「惟利是圖」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.

Only concerned with profit, nothing else matters.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

wéi lì shì tú

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

wai4 lei6 si6 tou4

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