破财免灾
pò​cái​miǎn​zāi

to suffer a financial loss to avoid disaster

  • created sense approved 破财免灾/破財免災 · pò​cái​miǎn​zāi · to suffer a financial loss to avoid disaster — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    破财免灾 / 破財免災

    pò​cái​miǎn​zāi

    to suffer a financial loss to avoid disaster

    Used to console oneself or others that a financial loss or spending money can prevent a greater misfortune.

    破财 (literal) → 破财/破財 · pò​cái · to suffer financial loss 免 (literal) → 免 · miǎn · to avoid 灾 (literal) → 灾/災 · zāi · disaster

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