get half the results with double the effort

get half the results with double the effort

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l ì B è Ig ō NGB à n, which means that the working time is several times as much as before, but the benefit is half as much as before. From Mencius Gongsun Chou Shang.

The origin of Idioms

"Mencius Gongsun Chou Shang" said: "the story of the semi ancient people, the contribution will be times In the book of being the prime minister written by Bai Juyi of Tang Dynasty, it is said that "if you can cover it, you will get twice the result; if you lose it, you will get twice the result." prevention and control of a few diseases, a hundred diseases do not occur, a few movements and appearances, ~. ——Preface to a poem to Chen boguang by Liu Ji of Ming Dynasty

Idiom usage

Combined; predicate; derogatory