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lì ㄌㄧˋ (1.1): 锐利，锋利。 Sharp.
| 《》: | 服文彩，带利剑，厌饮食，财货有馀。 | | They shall wear elegant and ornamented robes, carry a sharp sword at their girdle, pamper themselves in eating and drinking, and have a superabundance of property and wealth. | | 《·》: | 狱讼繁、仓廪虚、而有以淫侈为俗，则国之伤也若以利剑刺之。 | | 《·》: | 故不仁而有勇力果敢，则狂而操利剑。 | | 《·》: | 以韩卒之勇，被坚甲，跖劲弩，带利剑，一人当百，不足言也。 | | 《·》: | 今有利剑于此，以刺则不中，以击则不及，与恶剑无择，为是斗因用恶剑则不可。 | | 《·》: | 伊尹受命，于是为四方令曰：“臣请正东符娄、仇州、伊虑、沤深、九夷、十蛮、越沤、鬋发文身，请令以鱼皮之鞞、𩶭鰂之酱、鲛瞂、利剑为献。” |
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lì ㄌㄧˋ (1.2): 迅疾，快速。 Fast, speedy.
| 《·》: | 量地而立国，计利而畜民，度人力而授事，使民必胜事，事必出利，利足以生民，皆使衣食百用出入相揜，必时臧馀，谓之称数。 |
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lì ㄌㄧˋ (2.1): 顺利，吉利。 Favourable, lucky.
| 《·》: | 六二：直，方，大，不习无不利。 | | The second SIX, divided, (shows the attribute of) being straight, square, and great. (Its operation), without repeated efforts, will be in every respect advantageous. | | 《·》: | 以此治国，国无不利矣。 | | 《·》: | 易曰：‘自天佑之，吉无不利。’ |
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lì ㄌㄧˋ (2.2): 便利。 Convenient, useful.
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lì ㄌㄧˋ (3.1): 利益。 Profits, benefits.
| 《·》: | 骚之利害，未知也，欲而骚，是不以所疑止所欲也。 | | Whether putrid meat will benefit or harm is unknowable in advance; if you prefer to eat the meat, and it is putrid, then eating it is refusing to take the doubt as grounds for fixing which you prefer. | | 《·》: | 孟子对曰：“王何必曰利？” | | Mencius replied, 'Why must your Majesty use that word "profit?"' | | 《·》: | 啮缺曰：“子不知利害，则至人固不知利害乎？” | | Nie Que said (further), 'Since you, Sir, do not know what is advantageous and what is hurtful, is the Perfect man also in the same way without the knowledge of them?' | | 《·》: | 秦之号令赏罚、地形利害，天下莫若也。 | | 《·》: | 夫举天下万物，蚑蛲贞虫，蠕动蚑作，皆知其喜憎利害者，何也？ | | 《·》: | 先王之于民也，茂正其德而厚其性，阜其财求而利其器用，明利害之乡，以文修之，使之务利而辟害，怀德而畏威，故能保世以滋大。 |
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lì ㄌㄧˋ (3.2): 有利于，对...有利。 Beneficial to, good for.
| 《·》: | 王曰：“叟不远千里而来，亦将有以利吾国乎？” | | The king said, 'Venerable sir, since you have not counted it far to come here, a distance of a thousand li, may I presume that you are provided with counsels to profit my kingdom?' | | 《》: | 水善利万物而不争，处衆人之所恶，故几于道。 | | The excellence of water appears in its benefiting all things, and in its occupying, without striving (to the contrary), the low place which all men dislike. Hence (its way) is near to (that of) the Dao. | | 《·》: | 其利人也，厚于圣人之利人也。 | | 《·》: | 危道：一曰、斫削于绳之内，二曰、断割于法之外，三曰、利人之所害，四曰、乐人之所祸，五曰、危人于所安，六曰、所爱不亲，所恶不疏。 | | 《·》: | 人能以所不利利人则可。 | | 《·》: | 故德配天地，兼利万物，与日月并明，明照四海而不遗微小。 |
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lì ㄌㄧˋ (4): 利润，利息。 Profit, interest.
| 《》: | 复约要父子耕畜，废居，候时转物，逐什一之利。 |
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lì ㄌㄧˋ (5): 通“痢”：腹泻。 Diarrhea.
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