唯利是图

venality

【法】 venality

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draw water to one's mill; have an eye to the main chance

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wei2 li4 shi4 tu2

to seek nothing but profit (idiom); personal profit before everything, self-seeking

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唯利是图

wéi lì shì tú

seek nothing but profits; be bent solely on profit (profit-making); be blind to all but one's own interest(s); be intent on nothing but profit; be interested only in personal gain; be self-seeking; care only for money; care solely for profit; have an eye to the main chance; plan only how to get money; profits-before-everything; pursue profit as one's only aim; put profit-making first; scheme after nothing but gain; stop at nothing to gain profit; turn everything to one's advantage; work exclusively for profit; work solely for personal gain:

他这个人一贯都是唯利是图， 我从来不知道他有什么无私的行动。 He's always on the make; I have never known him do a disinterested action.

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唯利是圖|唯利是图 [wéi lì shì tú] ► to seek nothing but profit (idiom); personal profit before everything ► self-seeking