老鼠尾巴熬汤,油水不大 老鼠尾巴熬湯,油水不大 老鼠尾巴熬湯,油水不大

boiling a mouse's tail for soup: not much grease

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning
There is little profit to be had.
Simplified
老鼠尾巴熬汤,油水不大
Traditional (Taiwan)
老鼠尾巴熬湯,油水不大
Pinyin
lǎoshǔwěiba áotāng,yóushuǐ bú dà
Bopomofo
ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄠˊ ㄊㄤ,ㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˊ ㄉㄚˋ

Written with HSK 1 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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