薄利多銷

See also: 薄利多销

Chinese

		thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint	advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	to melt; to do away with; to sell
trad. (薄利多銷)		薄	利	多	銷
simp. (薄利多销)		薄	利	多	销

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bólìduōxiāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄒㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bok⁶ lei⁶ do¹ siu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bólìduōxiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄒㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bólìduosiao
    • Wade–Giles: po²-li⁴-to¹-hsiao¹
    • Yale: bwó-lì-dwō-syāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borlihduoshiau
    • Palladius: болидосяо (bolidosjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ li⁵¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bok⁶ lei⁶ do¹ siu¹
    • Yale: bohk leih dō sīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁹ lei⁶ do¹ siu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bog⁶ léi⁶ do¹ xiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚² lei̯²² tɔː⁵⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

薄利多銷

1. to sell at low prices to obtain small profits but quick returns

   • 我們在向農民供應工業品方面，採取薄利多銷、穩定物價或適當降價的政策。 [MSC, trad.]
     我们在向农民供应工业品方面，采取薄利多销、稳定物价或适当降价的政策。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Wǒmen zài xiàng nóngmín gōngyìng gōngyèpǐn fāngmiàn, cǎiqǔ bólìduōxiāo, wěndìng wùjià huò shìdàng jiàngjià de zhèngcè. [Pinyin]

     In supplying the peasants with manufactured goods we follow a policy of larger sales at a small profit and of stabilizing or appropriately reducing their prices.