油水 (yóu shuǐ) — grease, fat, oil (in cooked food); (colloquial) profit, kickback, squeeze

Definition

Examples

• 这个菜油水太多了，吃着很腻。
  Zhè ge cài yóu shuǐ tài duō le, chī zhe hěn nì.
  This dish has too much grease; it tastes very oily.
• 这个工作没什么油水，赚不到什么钱。
  Zhè ge gōng zuò méi shén me yóu shuǐ, zhuàn bú dào shén me qián.
  This job doesn't have much profit; you can't make much money.
• 他在那个位置上捞了不少油水。
  Tā zài nà ge wèi zhì shàng lāo le bù shǎo yóu shuǐ.
  He got a lot of kickbacks in that position.

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