(lì yòng) - to use, to take advantage of in Mandarin
lìyòngTraditional: 利用
Translation
to use, to take advantage of
Word origin
利用 means to use or take advantage of. 利 (lì) means benefit or sharp, an ideograph of a knife (刂) cutting grain (禾), the profit of harvest. 用 (yòng) means to use, a pictograph thought to depict a bucket or a divining bone.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 利 (lì, benefit) + 用 (yòng, to use)
Stroke order
利
用
Examples
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We should make good use of our time.
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He took advantage of my trust.
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Please make use of this opportunity.
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We ought to make good use of our time.
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He uses the weekends to study Chinese.
利用 (lì yòng) means to use or to take advantage of.
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