見利忘義

见
見
利
利
忘
忘
义
義
to see profit and forget morality (idiom); to act from mercenary considerations / to sell one's soul for gain
见
見
利
利
忘
忘
义
義
lit. to see profit and forget morality (idiom) / fig. to act from mercenary considerations; to sell one's soul

Characters and words in 見利忘義

见
見
jiàn = ji + an4
to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view
见 = ⺆ + 儿 : Joan of Arc (ji) set up a surveillance camera (mnemonic symbol for 见) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). With its help, she can see Sun Wu Kong (儿) stapling (儿) his hat to his head.
见
見
xiàn = xi + an4
to appear / also written 現|现[xian4]
利
lì = li + Ø4
sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit
利 = 刂 + 禾 : Mnemonic symbol: the rocket Arianne, 亚利安娜.

Li Qingzhao (li) prepares to go back to earth in the Arianne rocket (利). In the space station's bathroom (Ø4) she prepares for the trip by stuffing lots of cereals (禾) into the rocket and sharpening (利) the tip of the rocket with a kitchen knife (刂).
忘
wàng = w + ang4
to forget / to overlook / to neglect
忘 = 亡 + 心 : Willy Walrus (w) will never forget (忘) his love who is buried in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). There is not a single day when Willy forgets (忘) to bring his heart (心) and leave it right next to his love's tombstone (亡).
义
義
yì = y + Ø4
surname Yi / (Tw) abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4], Italy
义
義
yì = y + Ø4
justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship
义 = 丶 + 乂 : Mnemonic symbol: Justitia.

Justitia (义) and Maud Younger (y) want to fix the shower in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Just as Justitia is about to grab the shower head with her pliers (乂) she is blinded by a petal leaf (丶) floating about and instead grabs Maud's head with her pliers. This is Maud's just punishment as she broke the shower head in the first place.

Words with 見利忘義

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Sentences with 見利忘義

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