没本钱的买卖，赚得起赔不起 沒本錢的買賣，賺得起賠不起 沒本錢的買賣，賺得起賠不起

a business without capital: can afford to profit, can't afford to lose

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Simplified

没本钱的买卖，赚得起赔不起

Traditional (Taiwan)

沒本錢的買賣，賺得起賠不起

Pinyin

méi běnqián de mǎimai, zhuàn de qǐ péi bù qǐ

Bopomofo

ㄇㄟˊ ㄅㄣˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄇㄞˇ ˙ㄇㄞ，ㄓㄨㄢˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄑㄧˇ ㄆㄟˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˇ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

Words in this sentence

• 没(méi)not
• 本(běn)钱(qián)capital
• 的(de)of; ~'s
• 买(mǎi)卖(mai)purchase and sale
• 赚(zhuàn)earn
• 得(de)can; able to
• 起(qǐ)can (or cannot) afford, in 付得起, 租不起 and 请不起
• 赔(péi)compensate for loss
• 不(bù)no

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