豚蹄穰田
tún​tí​ráng​tián

to expect a big return from a small investment

  • created sense approved 豚蹄穰田 · tún​tí​ráng​tián · to expect a big return from a small investment — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    豚蹄穰田

    tún​tí​ráng​tián

    to expect a big return from a small investment

    To desire a huge harvest or profit from a very small offering; based on an anecdote from the "Records of the Grand Historian" about a man offering a single pig's trotter while praying for a bountiful crop.

    豚 (literal) → 豚 · tún · pig 蹄 (literal) → 蹄 · tí · hoof 穰 (literal) → 穰 · ráng · abundant 田 (literal) → 田 · tián · field

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