挥金如土 huījīnrútǔ to spend money like water Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 挥金如土 揮金如土 huījīnrútǔ to spend money like water adjective literally meaning to throw away gold like it was dirt; describes someone who is extremely extravagant or wasteful with money 我不是挥金如土的人,我知道金钱的价值。 wǒ bùshì huījīnrútǔ de rén, wǒ zhīdao jīnqián de jiàzhí. I am not a spendthrift; I know the value of money. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.240 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.305 per million Cross-References Antonym 爱财如命 àicáirúmìngSynonym 挥霍无度 huīhuòwúdù Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
挥金如土 揮金如土 huījīnrútǔ to spend money like water adjective literally meaning to throw away gold like it was dirt; describes someone who is extremely extravagant or wasteful with money 我不是挥金如土的人,我知道金钱的价值。 wǒ bùshì huījīnrútǔ de rén, wǒ zhīdao jīnqián de jiàzhí. I am not a spendthrift; I know the value of money. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.240 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.305 per million Cross-References Antonym 爱财如命 àicáirúmìngSynonym 挥霍无度 huīhuòwúdù Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)