弊

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detriment; fraud; harm; defeat

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Two hands 廾 breaking something 敝; 敝 also provides the pronunciation

Components 敝廾

fraud · Heisig RSH #2044

shredder + two hands

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
有百利而无一弊	yǒu bǎi lì ér wú yī bì	to have many advantages and no disadvantages
有利有弊	yǒu lì yǒu bì	to have both advantages and disadvantages
切中时弊	qiè zhòng shí bì	to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target; to hi…
兴利除弊	xīng lì chú bì	to promote what is useful and get rid of what is harmful (idiom)
权衡利弊	quán héng lì bì	to weigh the pros and cons (idiom)
营私舞弊	yíng sī wǔ bì	see 徇私舞弊[xun4 si1 wu3 bi4]
补偏救弊	bǔ piān jiù bì	to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes
利弊	lì bì	pros and cons; merits and drawbacks; advantages and disadvantages
时弊	shí bì	ills of the day; contemporary problems
弊病	bì bìng	malady; evil; malpractice; drawback; disadvantage
流弊	liú bì	malpractice; long-running abuse
作弊	zuò bì	to practice fraud; to cheat; to engage in corrupt practices
百弊丛生	bǎi bì cóng shēng	All the ill effects appear. (idiom)
防弊	fáng bì	anti-fraud; anti-cheating; preventing wrongdoing
积弊	jī bì	age-old (malpractice); long established (corrupt practices); deeply rooted (superstition)
弊案	bì àn	scandal
舞弊	wǔ bì	to engage in fraud
弊端	bì duān	systemic problem (sometimes refers specifically to corrupt practices)
私弊	sī bì	fraudulent practice
宿弊	sù bì	long-standing abuse; continuing fraud