利害攸关 lì hài yōu guān crucial

Explanation

指事情与自身的利益密切相关，关系重大。

Refers to matters that are closely related to one's own interests and are of great importance.

Origin Story

话说唐朝时期，有个名叫李白的诗人，他写诗喝酒，不问世事，过着逍遥自在的生活。一天，一位老朋友找到他，神情焦急地说："李白兄，大事不妙！朝廷最近要对边境地区进行改革，这与我们家乡的经济发展利害攸关，我们必须想办法应对！"李白听后，放下酒杯，认真思考起来。他意识到，家乡的繁荣与朝廷的政策息息相关，如果政策不利，家乡将遭受巨大的损失。于是，他放下酒杯，提笔写了一封信，向朝廷谏言，建议朝廷在改革中充分考虑家乡的利益，最终，朝廷采纳了他的建议，家乡得以保全，百姓安居乐业。

huà shuō táng cháo shíqī, yǒu gè míng jiào lǐ bái de shī rén, tā xiě shī hē jiǔ, bù wèn shìshì, guòzhe xiāoyáo zìzài de shēnghuó. yī tiān, yī wèi lǎo péngyǒu zhǎo dào tā, shén qíng jiāojí de shuō: 'lǐ bái xiōng, dàshì bù miào! cháoting zuìjìn yào duì biānjìng dìqū jìnxíng gǎigé, zhè yǔ wǒmen jiāxiāng de jīngjì fāzhǎn lìhài yōuguān, wǒmen bìxū xiǎng bànfǎ yìngduì!' lǐ bái tīng hòu, fàng xià jiǔ bēi, rènzhēn sīkǎo qǐlái. tā yìshí dào, jiāxiāng de fánróng yǔ cháoting de zhèngcè xīxī xiāngguān, rúguǒ zhèngcè bùlì, jiāxiāng jiāng zāoshòu jùdà de sǔnshī. yúshì, tā fàng xià jiǔ bēi, tí bǐ xiě le yī fēng xìn, xiàng cháoting jiànyán, jiànyì cháoting zài gǎigé zhōng chōngfèn kǎolǜ jiāxiāng de lìyì, zhōngjiū, cháoting cǎinài le tā de jiànyì, jiāxiāng déyǐ bǎoquán, bǎixìng ān jū lèyè.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was a poet named Li Bai, who wrote poetry and drank, ignoring worldly affairs and living a carefree life. One day, an old friend found him and anxiously said: "Brother Li Bai, bad news! The court is planning reforms in the border regions recently, which is crucial to our hometown's economic development. We must find a way to deal with it!" Li Bai, after hearing this, put down his wine cup and thought seriously. He realized that his hometown's prosperity was closely related to the court's policies, and if the policies were unfavorable, the hometown would suffer enormous losses. So, he picked up his pen and wrote a letter to the court, suggesting that the court fully consider the interests of his hometown in the reforms. Eventually, the court adopted his suggestion, and his hometown was preserved, and the people lived in peace and contentment.

Usage

用作谓语、定语、宾语；指关系重大，利害相关。

yòng zuò wèiyǔ, dìngyǔ, bǐnyǔ; zhǐ guānxi zhòngdà, lìhài xiāngguān

Used as predicate, attributive, and object; refers to matters of great importance, where significant interests are at stake.

Examples

• 这次的项目失败与我们息息相关，利害攸关。

  zhè cì de xiàngmù shībài yǔ wǒmen xīxī xiāngguān, lìhài yōuguān

  The success of this project is crucial to us; the stakes are high.

• 公司未来发展与这项投资利害攸关，不容有失。

  gōngsī wèilái fāzhǎn yǔ zhè xiàng tóuzī lìhài yōuguān, bùróng yǒushī

  The company's future development is closely related to this investment; it can't fail..

Related Idioms

• 休戚相关

• 生死攸关

Opposite Idioms

• 无关紧要

• 毫无关系