剖腹藏珠
pōu​fù​cáng​zhū

to sacrifice one's life for money

  • created sense approved 剖腹藏珠 · pōu​fù​cáng​zhū · to sacrifice one's life for money — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    剖腹藏珠

    pōu​fù​cáng​zhū

    to sacrifice one's life for money

    Literally meaning to cut open one's stomach to hide a pearl; used to describe people who value money more than their own lives or who waste great effort on trivial things.

    pǒu​fù​cáng​zhū

    剖腹 (literal) → 剖腹 · pōu​fù · to cut open the abdomen 藏 (literal) → 藏 · cáng · to hide 珠 (literal) → 珠 · zhū · pearl

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

    created sense