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我田引水
Hiragana
がでんいんすい
Noun
Japanese Meaning
自分に都合がよいように考えたり、解釈したり、物事を進めたりすること。 / 他人の利益や事情を顧みず、自分の利益だけを図ること。 / 状況や議論を、自分に有利な方向へ無理にでも持っていこうとする態度。
Easy Japanese Meaning
じぶんのためだけに、なんでもじぶんにいいようにすること。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
只为己谋利、不顾他人 / 把一切往自己有利的方向引导 / 牵强地纳入自己的逻辑以自我辩护
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
將一切往自身有利處引導 / 把事理套進自己的邏輯以自利 / 自私自利的主張或做法
Korean Meaning
사사로운 이익만 도모함 / 자기에게 유리하도록 끌어들임 / 제 논에 물대기
Vietnamese Meaning
sự kéo lợi về phía mình, biến mọi thứ thành lợi ích riêng / bẻ cong lý lẽ để phù hợp với lập luận của bản thân / thái độ tư lợi, ích kỷ
Tagalog Meaning
pagpapabor sa sarili / pagkiling sa sariling interes / pagbaluktot ng lohika para sa sariling kapakinabangan
Sense（1）
turning everything to one's own advantage
Sense（2）
to draw into one's own frame of logic
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turning everything to one's own advantage / to draw into one's own frame of logic
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我田引水
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He has a self-serving mindset, using everything for his own benefit.
He has a self-serving mindset, using everything for his own benefit.
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彼は我田引水の考え方を持っていて、全てを自分の利益のために使う。
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