Only profit is life
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w é IL ì sh ì m ì ng, which means only profit. From a dream of Red Mansions.
The origin of Idioms
Chapter 59 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "that woman was a stupid person, and she was nearly faint. She was only for profit, and she didn't care about her face.
Idiom usage
It refers to the pursuit of profit.
Chinese PinYin : wéi lì shì mìng
Only profit is life
Time is short and time is full. shí chù jǔ yíng
Lift a stone and hit yourself on the foot. bān qǐ shí tóu dǎ zì jǐ de jiǎo
discard the classics and rebel against orthodoxy. lí jīng pàn dào
hide one 's capacities and hide one 's time. tāo guāng yǐn jì