一擲千金
yī​zhì​qiān​jīn

to spend money recklessly

  • created reference approved 一掷千金/一擲千金 → 千金一掷/千金一擲 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一掷千金 / 一擲千金 yī​zhì​qiān​jīn

    千金一掷 / 千金一擲 qiān​jīn​yī​zhì

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 一掷千金/一擲千金 · yī​zhì​qiān​jīn · to spend money recklessly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一掷千金 / 一擲千金

    yī​zhì​qiān​jīn

    to spend money recklessly

    (idiom) literally staking a thousand pieces of gold on a single throw; to squander money or spend profligately; to live extravagantly

    yì​zhì​qiān​jīn

    一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 掷 (literal) → 掷/擲 · zhì · to throw 千金 (literal) → 千金 · qiān​jīn · a lot of money

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense