Cheap in but expensive out
Cheap in and expensive out, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji à NR à Gu à ch à, meaning buy at a low price, sell at a high price. From the history of Zen.
The origin of Idioms
Fang Ruhao of Ming Dynasty wrote the first chapter of the history of Zen: "as for those who are involved in danger, sailing in the mountains, entering at a low price and leaving at a high price, and opening trade, they can think and calculate well."
Analysis of Idioms
Buy cheap and sell expensive
Idiom usage
To do business is to make money on the cheap.
Cheap in but expensive out
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