一本万利
yī​běn​wàn​lì

huge profit from little investment

  • created sense approved 一本万利/一本萬利 · yī​běn​wàn​lì · huge profit from little investment — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一本万利 / 一本萬利

    yī​běn​wàn​lì

    huge profit from little investment

    Describes making a very large profit while only putting in a small amount of capital; also used to describe getting great results with very little effort.

    yì​běn​wàn​lì

    一本 (literal) → 一本 · yī​běn · one volume 万 (literal) → 万/萬 · wàn · countless 利 (literal) → 利 · lì · profit

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense