Chinese Idioms - Chengyu

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    small capital, huge profit; to put in a little and get a lot out

    yī
    一
    běn
    本
    wàn
    万
    lì
    利
    一本万利
    yī běn wàn lì

    Word by word translation of this Chinese idiom

    一
    yī
    one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
    本
    běn
    roots or stems of plants / origin / source / this / the current / root / foundation / basis / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc / originally
    万
    mò
    see 万俟[Mò qí]
    wàn
    ten thousand / a great number / surname Wan
    利
    lì
    sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit / surname Li
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