千金一掷
qiān​jīn​yī​zhì

to spend money like water

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

    千金一掷 / 千金一擲 qiān​jīn​yī​zhì

    一掷千金 / 一擲千金 yī​zhì​qiān​jīn

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 千金一掷/千金一擲 · qiān​jīn​yī​zhì · to spend money like water — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    千金一掷 / 千金一擲

    qiān​jīn​yī​zhì

    to spend money like water

    To throw away money recklessly or live an extremely extravagant life; originally refers to staking a massive sum of gold on a single throw in gambling.

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

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

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