harm others without benefiting oneself

harm others without benefiting oneself

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s ǔ NR é Nb ù L ì J ǐ. It comes from Lu Xun's letter to Cao Juren: "I am against anything that harms others but not myself." It means to hurt others but not to yourself.

source

In Lu Xun's letter to Cao Juren: "I am against things that are harmful to others but not beneficial to myself."

interpretation

It hurts others, but it's not good for yourself. As opposed to "benefiting oneself at the expense of others.".

example sentence

Smoking in public places not only harms one's own body, but also affects the health of others. It is harmful to others but not to oneself.

Usage of Idioms

To act as a predicate, attribute, or object

Analysis of commendation and derogation

It is a neutral idiom

Idiom Jielong

Self starvation and self drowning: other people's starvation and drowning are just like their own starvation and drowning. In the old days, it was said that the incumbents were concerned about the sufferings of the people. It also refers to deep sympathy for other people's suffering and taking relieving other people's suffering as one's own responsibility.