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利是
lìshì
1. lucky item (poster, envelope etc) made from red paper, used especially at Chinese New Year, also written [[利事<lìshì>]]

Character Breakdown

利
lì
gains, advantage, profit, merit
HSK 4 7 丶
是
shì
to be; indeed, right, yes; okay
HSK 1 9 丶

Compound Words (2)

唯利是图
wéilìshìtú
to seek nothing but profit (idiom); personal profit before everything
惟利是图
wéilìshìtú
variant of [[唯利是圖|唯利是图<wéilìshìtú>]]

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