seek nothing but profits(wéi lì shì qiú)

seek nothing but profits

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w é IL ì sh ì Qi ú, which means to focus on profit. It comes from the inscription of Zhaowang in Anlu, Qi Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the inscription of King Zhao of Qi gu'anlu written by Liang Shenyue in the Southern Dynasty, it is said that "the Levy of taxes is strict, and profit is the only thing." According to the book of Sui, most of his children are self-made, and they are not noble. They seek only profit, and they are violent and disorderly in politics

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: only profit is to follow, only profit is to see, only profit is to see

Idiom usage

As predicate, attribute and object

Examples

How greedy Zhang Qianzhao is The heart and the back of the mouth are all for profit. Song dynasty sun Guangxian's BEIMENG Suoyan Volume 19

Chinese PinYin : wéi lì shì qiú