To be solely motivated by profit, disregarding all other considerations; to put profit above all else.
那个商人为了赚取暴利，不惜生产劣质产品，真是惟利是图。
That merchant, in pursuit of exorbitant profits, did not hesitate to produce substandard products, truly being bent on nothing but profit.
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Ancient
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In 580 BC, Duke Huan of Qin and Duke Li of Jin signed a friendly alliance, agreeing to peaceful coexistence between their two states.
However, before the ink on the treaty was even dry, Duke Huan of Qin sent envoys to the Di and Chu states, inciting them to attack Jin. Duke Li of Jin dispatched Lü Xiang to Qin to protest, accusing Duke Huan of being solely intent on profit and arrogant.
Soon after, war broke out between the two states.
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