Chinese word dictionary

蝇头小利

yíng tóu xiǎo lì · (idiom) meager profit; petty gain

Word information

Simplified蝇头小利
Traditional蠅頭小利
Pinyinyíng tóu xiǎo lì
Part of speechDictionary
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How to learn 蝇头小利

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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