qián​kě​shǐ​guǐ

money talks

  • created reference approved 钱可使鬼/錢可使鬼 → 有钱能使鬼推磨/有錢能使鬼推磨 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    钱可使鬼 / 錢可使鬼 qián​kě​shǐ​guǐ

    有钱能使鬼推磨 / 有錢能使鬼推磨 yǒu​qián​néng​shǐ​guǐ​tuī​mò

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 钱可使鬼/錢可使鬼 · qián​kě​shǐ​guǐ · money talks — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    钱可使鬼 / 錢可使鬼

    qián​kě​shǐ​guǐ

    money talks

    money can make the devil work for you; a saying used to describe the great power of money to influence people or get things done

    钱 (literal) → 钱/錢 · qián · money 可 (literal) → 可 · kě · can 使 (literal) → 使 · shǐ · to send 鬼 (literal) → 鬼 · guǐ · ghost

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

    created sense