见财起意心不正，损人利己天不容見財起意心不正，損人利己天不容見財起意心不正，損人利己天不容

conceiving a plan on seeing wealth shows a crooked heart; harming others for oneself is not tolerated by heaven

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Whoever covets others' property is corrupt, and heaven won't tolerate harming others for gain. Moralising and old-fashioned.

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Simplified: 见财起意心不正，损人利己天不容
Traditional (Taiwan): 見財起意心不正，損人利己天不容
Pinyin: jiàncáiqǐyì xīn bú zhèng, sǔnrénlìjǐ tiān bùróng
Bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄘㄞˊ ㄑㄧˇ ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄣㄅㄨˊ ㄓㄥˋ，ㄙㄨㄣˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧˇ ㄊㄧㄢㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨㄥˊ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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