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豚蹄穰田
tún​tí​ráng​tián

to expect a big return from a small investment

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
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.
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