鸡骨头熬汤，没有多大油水雞骨頭熬湯，沒有多大油水雞骨頭熬湯，沒有多大油水

boiling chicken bones 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.
Wordplay: 油水 (yóushuǐ) means fat in the soup and also profit or perks.

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Simplified: 鸡骨头熬汤，没有多大油水
Traditional (Taiwan): 雞骨頭熬湯，沒有多大油水
Pinyin: jī gǔtou áotāng, méiyǒu duō dà yóushuǐ
Pinyin (Taiwan): jī gútou áotāng, méiyǒu duō dà yóushuǐ
Bopomofo: ㄐㄧㄍㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄡㄠˊ ㄊㄤ，ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄨㄛㄉㄚˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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