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Only profit is life

Time: 2022-01-31 06:38:54 Author: ChinaWiki.net

Only profit is life

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w é IL ì sh ì m ì ng, which means only profit. From a dream of Red Mansions.

The origin of Idioms

Chapter 59 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "that woman was a stupid person, and she was nearly faint. She was only for profit, and she didn't care about her face.

Idiom usage

It refers to the pursuit of profit.

Only profit is life


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