破财消灾
pò​cái​xiāo​zāi

to lose money to avoid disaster

  • created sense approved 破财消灾/破財消災 · pò​cái​xiāo​zāi · to lose money to avoid disaster — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    破财消灾 / 破財消災

    pò​cái​xiāo​zāi

    to lose money to avoid disaster

    To suffer a financial loss in order to escape or prevent a greater misfortune; often used to comfort someone who has lost money by suggesting the loss has replaced a worse fate.

    破财 (literal) → 破财/破財 · pò​cái · to suffer financial loss 消灾 (literal) → 消灾/消災 · xiāo​zāi · to ward off calamities

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