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本小利微
běn xiǎo lì wēi
What 本小利微 means
- (of a small business) to have very little capital and very modest profits
The characters in 本小利微
- 本běn(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this
- 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few
- 利lìsharp; favorable; advantage
- 微wēitiny; miniature; slightly
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