petty profit

petty profit

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y í NGT ó uxi ǎ ol ì, which means a very small profit. It comes from Su Shi's man TING FANG, a false name of snails and horns.

Interpretation of Idioms

It's a very small profit.

The origin of Idioms

Su Shi, Song Dynasty, wrote in "man TING FANG · false name of snails and horns" that "false name of snails and horns, and meager profits, are very busy."

Idiom usage

It's formal; it's subject and object; it's derogatory. However, although they are good at calculation, they forget to use them flexibly. They don't know how to get some ~, and they pay an inestimable price. Bai Yunqin's greed