negligible profits
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zhu ī D ā ozh ī L ì, which means to compare small interests, also refers to small things, the same as "the end of an awl". It comes from the book of the later Han Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
In the book of the later Han Dynasty, Yu Fu Zhi, it is said that "fighting for the benefit of the sword, killing people like mowing grass, and their ancestral worship is also annihilated."
Idiom usage
Used as an object; used in writing. example is your Majesty the son of heaven, rich in the world, and even competing for the benefit of the sword, such as advocating excellent library? The biography of Qi zhiluan in the history of Ming Dynasty
negligible profits
engage in malpractices for selfish ends - yíng sī wǔ bì