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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)

雕弊
diāobì
variant of [[凋敝<diāobì>]]
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
作弊
zuòbì
to practice fraud
HSK 6
利弊
lìbì
pros and cons
宿弊
sùbì
long-standing abuse
弊案
bìàn
scandal
切中时弊
qièzhòngshíbì
to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target
权衡利弊
quánhénglìbì
weigh the pros and the cons
兴利除弊
xīnglìchúbì
to promote what is useful and get rid of what is harmful (idiom)
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)
徇私舞弊
xùnsīwǔbì
bribery and fraud (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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