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- to grow the intellect
- Alpinia oxyphylla, a type of ginger (Chinese medicine)
Trad. 損益表
- income statement (US)
- profit and loss account (UK)
Trad. 益陽市
- Yiyang, prefecture-level city in Hunan Province 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3]
Trad. 王益區
- Wangyi District of Tongchuan City 銅川市|铜川市[Tong2 chuan1 Shi4], Shaanxi
Trad. 開卷有益
- lit. opening a book is profitable (idiom); the benefits of education
Trad. 老當益壯
- old but vigorous (idiom); hale and hearty despite the years
- add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse
- to add fuel to the fire
Trad. 良師益友
- good teacher and helpful friend (idiom); mentor
Trad. 公益事業
- service to the public
- public welfare undertaking
- charity
- social facility
Trad. 公益活動
- charity event
- public service activities
Trad. 延年益壽
- to make life longer
- to promise longevity
- (this product will) extend your life
Trad. 欲益反損
- wishing for profit, but causing loss (idiom); good intentions that lead to disaster
- It all ends in tears.
Trad. 治絲益棼
- lit. try to straighten out silk threads only to tangle them further (idiom)
- fig. to try to help but end up making things worse
Trad. 集思廣益
- collecting opinions is of wide benefit (idiom); to pool wisdom for mutual benefit
- to profit from widespread suggestions
- (idiom) to constantly seek to improve; to keep perfecting
Trad. 利益輸送
- to make use of one's position to gain profit for oneself or one's associates
Trad. 有害無益
- harmful and without benefit (idiom); more harm than good
- bringing great benefits (idiom); very useful
- of great service
- to help greatly
- to serve one well
Trad. 窮當益堅
- poor but ambitious (idiom); hard-pressed but determined
- the worse one's position, the harder one must fight back
- to bring out the best in each other (idiom)
- to complement one another well
- to take from the rich and give to the poor (idiom)
- (finance) yield to maturity (YTM)
Trad. 社會公共利益
- public interest
Trad. 滿招損，謙受益
- (idiom) complacency leads to loss, modesty brings profit
- pride comes before a fall
Trad. 道高益安，勢高益危
- More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).