弊
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detriment; fraud; harm; defeat
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Dict coverage rank #2,232 U+5F0A
How 弊 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Two hands 廾 breaking something 敝; 敝 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
fraud · Heisig RSH #2044
shredder + two hands
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 弊
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 有百利而无一弊 | yǒu bǎi lì ér wú yī bì | to have many advantages and no disadvantages |
| 有利有弊 | yǒu lì yǒu bì | to have both advantages and disadvantages |
| 切中时弊 | qiè zhòng shí bì | to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target; to hi… |
| 兴利除弊 | xīng lì chú bì | to promote what is useful and get rid of what is harmful (idiom) |
| 权衡利弊 | quán héng lì bì | to weigh the pros and cons (idiom) |
| 营私舞弊 | yíng sī wǔ bì | see 徇私舞弊[xun4 si1 wu3 bi4] |
| 补偏救弊 | bǔ piān jiù bì | to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes |
| 利弊 | lì bì | pros and cons; merits and drawbacks; advantages and disadvantages |
| 时弊 | shí bì | ills of the day; contemporary problems |
| 弊病 | bì bìng | malady; evil; malpractice; drawback; disadvantage |
| 流弊 | liú bì | malpractice; long-running abuse |
| 作弊 | zuò bì | to practice fraud; to cheat; to engage in corrupt practices |
| 百弊丛生 | bǎi bì cóng shēng | All the ill effects appear. (idiom) |
| 防弊 | fáng bì | anti-fraud; anti-cheating; preventing wrongdoing |
| 积弊 | jī bì | age-old (malpractice); long established (corrupt practices); deeply rooted (superstition) |
| 弊案 | bì àn | scandal |
| 舞弊 | wǔ bì | to engage in fraud |
| 弊端 | bì duān | systemic problem (sometimes refers specifically to corrupt practices) |
| 私弊 | sī bì | fraudulent practice |
| 宿弊 | sù bì | long-standing abuse; continuing fraud |