见利忘义 (jiàn lì wàng yì) | Meaning: (idiom) to abandon moral principles in the pursuit of profit | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain · money-grubbing见钱眼开jiàn qián yǎn kāi

(idiom) to be bent solely on profit; to put profit before everything else唯利是图wéi lì shì tú

selfish · selfishness自私zì sī

harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom); personal gain to the detriment of others损人利己sǔn rén lì jǐ

blinded by greed (idiom)利欲熏心lì yù xūn xīn

to lose one's head through material greed (idiom)利令智昏lì lìng zhì hūn

(idiom) to abandon moral principles in the pursuit of profit