petty profit(yíng tóu wēi lì)

petty profit

It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y í NGT ó UW ē IL ì, which means a small profit like a fly head. It's a very small profit. It comes from man TING FANG by Su Shi of Song Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Song Sushi's poem "man Ting Fang" said: "the name of a snail's horn is illusory, and the profit of a fly's head is meager."

Idiom usage

Be subject or object

Examples

Just for ～, to give up the love. Ancient and modern novels by Feng Menglong in Ming Dynasty Volume I

Analysis of Idioms

Small profit

Chinese PinYin : yíng tóu wēi lì