Chinese

有利

/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/
to be advantageous; to be beneficial; to be favourable
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 6

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  • characterChinese有 “to have; to possess (when a subject is present)”
    • soundChinese又 “again; once more”
    • meaningChinese肉 “meat; flesh”
    • meaningChinese月 “moon (Classifier: 輪／轮 m)”
  • characterChinese利 “benefit; advantage”
    • ideaChinese禾 “grain; cereal”
    • ideaChinese刀 “knife; blade (Classifier: 把 m c g h j mb md w x; 張／张 c h; 叢／丛 mn; 支 mn mn-t)”

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