lợi bất cập hại
more harm than good
Phrase
more harm than good
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3 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Phrase
more harm than good Discourse, Logic, Comparison & Modality
A situation where the harm, losses, or negative consequences outweigh the benefits gained.
Parts
lợi / bất cập / hại …
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Parts
lợi / bất cập / hại …
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
利不及害
Candidates by syllable
lợi
利（俐 / 𪘌）
bất
不
cập
及
hại
害
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Use
thuận lợi / quyền lợi / lợi nhuận / lợi tức …
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Use
thuận lợi / quyền lợi / lợi nhuận / lợi tức …