guǎng​zhòng​bó​shōu

extensive cultivation with low yield

广种薄收 廣種薄收 guǎng​zhòng​bó​shōu
extensive cultivation with low yield
To plant over a wide area but get a poor harvest per unit; figuratively used to describe putting in broad effort with very little result

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0.030 per million appears in 0% of films
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0.185 per million

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