guān​cai​lǐ​shēn​shǒu

greedy even in death

Senses

棺材里伸手/ 棺材裡伸手 guān​cai​lǐ​shēn​shǒu (also guān​cái​lǐ​shēn​shǒu) greedy even in death

(literary) describes a person who is extremely greedy and loves money more than life; the first half of a two-part allegory (xiehouyu) whose answer part is 死要钱 sǐ​yào​qián

References

synonym 棺材里伸手/棺材裡伸手 死要钱/死要錢
variant 棺材里伸手/棺材裡伸手 棺材里伸出手来/棺材裡伸出手來