无利可图

無利可圖
wúlìkětú
idiom #36,750

Meanings

  1. 1 with no profit to be made
  2. 2 not worth doing; offering no advantage

Examples

Zhè bǐ shēngyì wúlìkětú, méi rén yuànyì zuò.
There's no profit in this deal, so nobody wants to take it on.
Rúguǒ wúlìkětú, zīběn shì bú huì tóuzī de.
If there's nothing to gain, capital will not invest.

Tips

usage
A four-character set phrase rather than a classical chengyu — common in business writing. The structure is X Y ('no X to Y'), which you also see in 无话可说 (nothing to say), 无家可归 (nowhere to call home).

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