棺材里伸手
guān​cai​lǐ​shēn​shǒu

greedy even in death

  • created reference approved 棺材里伸手/棺材裡伸手 → 死要钱/死要錢 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    棺材里伸手 / 棺材裡伸手 guān​cai​lǐ​shēn​shǒu

    死要钱 / 死要錢 sǐ​yào​qián

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  • created reference approved 棺材里伸手/棺材裡伸手 → 棺材里伸出手来/棺材裡伸出手來 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    棺材里伸手 / 棺材裡伸手 guān​cai​lǐ​shēn​shǒu

    棺材里伸出手来 / 棺材裡伸出手來 guān​cai​lǐ​shēn​chū​shǒu​lái

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  • created sense approved 棺材里伸手/棺材裡伸手 · guān​cai​lǐ​shēn​shǒu · greedy even in death — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    棺材里伸手 / 棺材裡伸手

    guān​cai​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|死要錢|si3 yao4 qian2]]

    guān​cái​lǐ​shēn​shǒu

    棺材 (literal) → 棺材 · guān​cai · coffin 里 (bound) → 里/裡 · li · in 伸手 (literal) → 伸手 · shēn​shǒu · to reach out

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