<p>一本萬利 in Traditional characters (as in your image) or 一本万利 in Simplified Chinese, the writing goes from top right to bottom left.</p>

<p>The expression means "small capital, huge gain/profit". </p>

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imrek
<p>Yeah, gf agrees 一本万利 </p>

<p>一 = 1
本=本钱=starting money
万= a lot
利 = gain</p>

<p>If you believe that, you will believe anything! Money for nothing!</p>

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<p><a href="http://m.imgur.com/i7FcLqc" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://m.imgur.com/i7FcLqc</a> This is from the top of a container my friend found at work. I was wondering if someone could do a quick, easy translation. I tried to draw it in Google translate, but it didn't make any sense.</p>

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Can someone translate this for me?
# Can someone translate this for me?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-01-06)

<http://m.imgur.com/i7FcLqc> This is from the top of a container my friend found at work. I was wondering if someone could do a quick, easy translation. I tried to draw it in Google translate, but it didn't make any sense.

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-01-06. Score: 3

一本萬利 in Traditional characters (as in your image) or 一本万利 in Simplified Chinese, the writing goes from top right to bottom left.

The expression means "small capital, huge gain/profit".


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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-01-06. Score: 0

Yeah, gf agrees 一本万利

一 = 1
本=本钱=starting money
万= a lot
利 = gain

If you believe that, you will believe anything! Money for nothing!


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