vụ lợi
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Definition
Adjective:
- Self-seeking, mercenary: Describes a person, action, or motive that is primarily concerned with gaining personal profit or advantage.
- Calculating, interested: Characterized by a focus on one's own benefit, often with a lack of genuine or altruistic concern for others.
Verb (less common):
- To seek profit, to act for gain: To engage in an activity with the main purpose of obtaining personal benefit.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- Anh ta là một con người vụ lợi. (He is a self-seeking person.)
- Động cơ của họ hoàn toàn vụ lợi. (Their motives are entirely mercenary.)
- Một món quà không vụ lợi. (A disinterested gift.)
Verb:
- Hắn chỉ biết vụ lợi trong mọi giao dịch. (He only knows how to seek profit in every transaction.)
Advanced Usage
- The term often carries a strong negative moral judgment, implying selfishness, opportunism, or a lack of principles.
- It is frequently used to criticize behavior in business, politics, or personal relationships where personal gain is prioritized over ethics or the common good.
Variants and Related Words
Vụ lợi cá nhân (n): Personal gain, self-interest.
- Hành động xuất phát từ vụ lợi cá nhân. (Action stemming from personal gain.)
Tính vụ lợi (n): Mercenary nature, self-interestedness.
- Tính vụ lợi đang lan tràn trong xã hội. (Mercenary behavior is spreading in society.)
Synonyms
- Self-interested: Concerned primarily with one's own personal profit or pleasure.
- Mercenary: Motivated solely by a desire for monetary or material gain.
- Calculating: Acting in a scheming and ruthlessly selfish way.
- Opportunistic: Exploiting immediate opportunities, especially for personal gain.
Antonyms
- Vô tư, không vụ lợi: Disinterested, unselfish.
- Vị tha: Altruistic.
- Hào hiệp: Magnanimous, generous.
Related Idioms/Phrases
Lòng tham vụ lợi: Avaricious, profit-seeking greed.
- Lòng tham vụ lợi đã làm hắn mù quáng. (Profit-seeking greed has blinded him.)
Hành động vụ lợi: A self-serving action.
- Mọi hành động vụ lợi cuối cùng sẽ bị lật tẩy. (All self-serving actions will eventually be exposed.)