# 损人利己 (sǔnrénlìjǐ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 损人利己 (sǔnrénlìjǐ) means “to harm others for self-gain”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to harm others for self-gain
- Pinyin: sǔnrénlìjǐ (sun3 ren2 li4 ji3)
- Traditional: 損人利己
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 不要做损人利己的事。
  Bùyào zuò sǔnrénlìjǐ de shì.
  Never do things that harm others for self-gain.

## Characters

- [损](https://hanziro.com/word/sun-harm/) (sǔn): to harm; to mock
- [人](https://hanziro.com/word/ren-person/) (rén): person; people
- [利](https://hanziro.com/word/li-benefit/) (lì): benefit; profit
- 己 (jǐ): self; oneself

https://hanziro.com/word/sun-ren-li-ji-harm-others-self/

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