弊

bì

evil, wrong, bad; criminal

How to write 弊, stroke by stroke

detriment; fraud; harm; defeat

Ideographic: Two hands 廾 breaking something 敝; 敝 also provides the pronunciation

Made of 敝 + 廾

作弊zuò bìto practice fraud; to cheat; to engage in corrupt practices
利弊lì bìpros and cons; merits and drawbacks; advantages and disadvantages
宿弊sù bìlong-standing abuse; continuing fraud
弊案bì ànscandal
弊病bì bìngmalady; evil; malpractice; drawback; disadvantage
弊端bì duānsystemic problem (sometimes refers specifically to corrupt practices)
时弊shí bìills of the day; contemporary problems
流弊liú bìmalpractice; long-running abuse
私弊sī bìfraudulent practice
积弊jī bìage-old (malpractice); long established (corrupt practices); deeply rooted (superstition)
舞弊wǔ bìto engage in fraud
防弊fáng bìanti-fraud; anti-cheating; preventing wrongdoing

他在考试中作弊时被抓到了。
tā zài kǎo shì zhōng zuò bì shí bèi zhuā dào le 。
He was caught cheating in the exam.
他在生物学考试时作弊。
tā zài shēng wù xué kǎo shì shí zuò bì 。
He cheated on the biology exam.
玩牌作弊是错误的。
wán pái zuò bì shì cuò wù de 。
It is wrong to cheat at cards.
在我看来，汽车是弊大于利。
zài wǒ kàn lái ， qì chē shì bì dà yú lì 。
From my point of view, cars do more harm than good.
这本书弊大于利。
zhè běn shū bì dà yú lì 。
This book will do more harm than good.