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弊
bì
1. detriment
2. fraud
3. harm
4. defeat
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 14 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

弊
bì
evil, bad, wrong; fraud, harm
HSK 6 14 丶

Compound Words (20)

作弊
zuòbì
to practice fraud
HSK 6
利弊
lìbì
pros and cons
宿弊
sùbì
long-standing abuse
弊案
bìàn
scandal
弊病
bìbìng
malady
HSK 6
弊端
bìduān
malpractice
HSK 6
时弊
shíbì
ills of the day
流弊
liúbì
malpractice
积弊
jībì
age-old (malpractice)
舞弊
wǔbì
fraud
蠹弊
dùbì
malpractice
防弊
fángbì
anti-fraud
雕弊
diāobì
variant of [[凋敝<diāobì>]]
切中时弊
qièzhòngshíbì
to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target
徇私舞弊
xùnsīwǔbì
bribery and fraud (idiom)
权衡利弊
quánhénglìbì
weigh the pros and the cons
营私舞弊
yíngsīwǔbì
fraudulent personal gain (idiom); to engage in corrupt practice
痛砭时弊
tòngbiānshíbì
to strongly criticize the evils of the day
百弊丛生
bǎibìcóngshēng
All the ill effects appear. (idiom)
兴利除弊
xīnglìchúbì
to promote what is useful and get rid of what is harmful (idiom)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,347
Word Frequency Rank
2,655 of 84,292

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