益
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benefit; profit; advantage; beneficial; to increase; to add; all the more
Formation & memory
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How to remember it
benefit · Heisig RSH #1401
dish + sparkler + 一 one + horns + animal legs
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 益
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自身利益 | one's own interests | |
| 公益事业 | service to the public; public welfare undertaking; charity; social facility | |
| 社会公共利益 | public interest | |
| 公益活动 | charity event; public service activities | |
| 公益金 | public welfare funds; community chest | |
| 国防利益 | (national) defense interests | |
| 益阳市 | Yiyang, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] | |
| 共同利益 | common interest; mutual benefit | |
| 王益区 | Wangyi, a district of Tongchuan City 銅川市|铜川市[Tong2 chuan1 Shi4], Shaanxi | |
| 利益集团 | interest group | |
| 本益比 | P⁄E ratio (price-to-earnings ratio) | |
| 道高益安，势高益危 | More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's dange… | |
| 有害无益 | harmful and without benefit (idiom); more harm than good | |
| 开卷有益 | lit. opening a book is profitable (idiom); the benefits of education | |
| 有益处 | beneficial | |
| 多多益善 | the more the better | |
| 受益人 | beneficiary | |
| 得益于 | to benefit from; thanks to | |
| 无益 | no good; not good for; not beneficial | |
| 到期收益率 | (finance) yield to maturity (YTM) |
Sound family
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