廣種薄收
guǎng​zhòng​bó​shōu

extensive cultivation with low yield

  • created sense approved 广种薄收/廣種薄收 · guǎng​zhòng​bó​shōu · extensive cultivation with low yield — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    广 (literal) → 广/廣 · guǎng · wide 种 (literal) → 种/種 · zhòng · to plant 薄收 (literal) → 薄收 · bó​shōu · meager harvest

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