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有jau5利lei6可ho2圖tou4

simp有利可图
jau5 lei6 ho2 tou4yǒu lì kě tú

English

  1. profitable
  2. to have good prospects of making profit; to be profitable; especially used in contexts where somebody is scheming and calculating

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 可以賺取利潤;有得賺;有着數

Examples

  • 佢梗係計過有利可圖先同你做買賣啦。

    He calculated well and he knows it is profitable to trade with you. That's why he did the deal.

  • 雖然好多人認為直銷係一個有利可圖嘅環境,但我認為呢個係唔道德嘅。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 反過嚟噉講,本來可以吸引更多歐洲投資,同埋加劇殖民地大國之間對有利可圖嘅資源控制權嘅競爭。

    Tatoeba · Davidgo5867 CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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