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detriment
fraud
harm
defeat

🖌️ 弊 Strokes

防fáng 弊bì

anti-fraud
anti-cheating
preventing wrongdoing

🖌️ 防 Strokes 🖌️ 弊 Strokes

to engage in fraud

🖌️ 舞 Strokes 🖌️ 弊 Strokes

malpractice
long-running abuse

🖌️ 流 Strokes 🖌️ 弊 Strokes

pros and cons
merits and drawbacks
advantages and disadvantages

🖌️ 利 Strokes 🖌️ 弊 Strokes

malpractice
abuse
corrupt practice

🖌️ 蠹 Strokes 🖌️ 弊 Strokes

long-standing abuse
continuing fraud

🖌️ 宿 Strokes 🖌️ 弊 Strokes

Trad. 積弊

age-old (malpractice)
long established (corrupt practices)
deeply rooted (superstition)

🖌️ 积 Strokes 🖌️ 弊 Strokes

to practice fraud
to cheat
to engage in corrupt practices

🖌️ 作 Strokes 🖌️ 弊 Strokes

fraudulent practice

🖌️ 私 Strokes 🖌️ 弊 Strokes

scandal

🖌️ 弊 Strokes 🖌️ 案 Strokes

弊bì 病bìng

malady
evil
malpractice
drawback
disadvantage

🖌️ 弊 Strokes 🖌️ 病 Strokes

弊bì 端duān

systemic problem (sometimes refers specifically to corrupt practices)

🖌️ 弊 Strokes 🖌️ 端 Strokes

Trad. 時弊

ills of the day
contemporary problems

🖌️ 时 Strokes 🖌️ 弊 Strokes

雕diāo 弊bì

variant of 凋敝[diao1 bi4]

🖌️ 雕 Strokes 🖌️ 弊 Strokes

权quán 衡héng 利lì 弊bì

Trad. 權衡利弊

to weigh the pros and cons (idiom)

🖌️ 权 Strokes 🖌️ 衡 Strokes 🖌️ 利 Strokes 🖌️ 弊 Strokes

营yíng 私sī 舞wǔ 弊bì

Trad. 營私舞弊

see 徇私舞弊[xun4 si1 wu3 bi4]

🖌️ 营 Strokes 🖌️ 私 Strokes 🖌️ 舞 Strokes 🖌️ 弊 Strokes

补bǔ 偏piān 救jìu 弊bì

Trad. 補偏救弊

to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes

🖌️ 补 Strokes 🖌️ 偏 Strokes 🖌️ 救 Strokes 🖌️ 弊 Strokes

有yǒu 利lì 有yǒu 弊bì

to have both advantages and disadvantages

🖌️ 有 Strokes 🖌️ 利 Strokes 🖌️ 有 Strokes 🖌️ 弊 Strokes

痛tòng 砭biān 时shí 弊bì

Trad. 痛砭時弊

to strongly criticize the evils of the day

🖌️ 痛 Strokes 🖌️ 砭 Strokes 🖌️ 时 Strokes 🖌️ 弊 Strokes

徇xùn 私sī 舞wǔ 弊bì

(idiom) to abuse one's position for personal gain

🖌️ 徇 Strokes 🖌️ 私 Strokes 🖌️ 舞 Strokes 🖌️ 弊 Strokes

百bǎi 弊bì 丛cóng 生shēng

Trad. 百弊叢生

All the ill effects appear. (idiom)

🖌️ 百 Strokes 🖌️ 弊 Strokes 🖌️ 丛 Strokes 🖌️ 生 Strokes

切qiè 中zhòng 时shí 弊bì

Trad. 切中時弊

to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target
to hit the nub of the matter

🖌️ 切 Strokes 🖌️ 中 Strokes 🖌️ 时 Strokes 🖌️ 弊 Strokes

兴xīng 利lì 除chú 弊bì

Trad. 興利除弊

to promote what is useful and get rid of what is harmful (idiom)

🖌️ 兴 Strokes 🖌️ 利 Strokes 🖌️ 除 Strokes 🖌️ 弊 Strokes

有yǒu 百bǎi 利lì 而ér 无wú 一yī 弊bì

Trad. 有百利而無一弊

to have many advantages and no disadvantages

🖌️ 有 Strokes 🖌️ 百 Strokes 🖌️ 利 Strokes 🖌️ 而 Strokes 🖌️ 无 Strokes 🖌️ 一 Strokes 🖌️ 弊 Strokes