有钱能使鬼推磨 / 有錢能使鬼推磨

yǒu​qián​néng​shǐ​guǐ​tuī​mò

money talks

Literally "with money, you can make a ghost turn a millstone"; used to describe the power of money to achieve anything or work miracles.

有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · there is 钱 (literal) → 钱/錢 · qián · money 能 (literal) → 能 · néng · can 使 (literal) → 使 · shǐ · to make 鬼 (literal) → 鬼 · guǐ · ghost 推 (literal) → 推 · tuī · to grind 磨 (literal) → 磨 · mò · millstone

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

created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM