Cheap in but expensive out
Cheap in and expensive out, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji à NR à Gu à ch à, meaning buy at a low price, sell at a high price. From the history of Zen.
The origin of Idioms
Fang Ruhao of Ming Dynasty wrote the first chapter of the history of Zen: "as for those who are involved in danger, sailing in the mountains, entering at a low price and leaving at a high price, and opening trade, they can think and calculate well."
Analysis of Idioms
Buy cheap and sell expensive
Idiom usage
To do business is to make money on the cheap.
Chinese PinYin : jiàn rù guì chū
Cheap in but expensive out
travel along a long and difficult road. tī shān háng hǎi
sharpen one 's weapon to be ready for a fight. mó lì yǐ xū
rove among flowers and willows -- visit places brothels. xún huā wèn liǔ