tóng​xiù

stink of money

  • created reference approved 铜臭/銅臭 → 崔烈铜臭/崔烈銅臭 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    铜臭 / 銅臭 tóng​xiù

    崔烈铜臭 / 崔烈銅臭 cuī​liè​tóng​xiù

    see

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    created reference

  • created sense approved 铜臭/銅臭 · tóng​xiù · stink of money — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    铜臭 / 銅臭

    tóng​xiù

    stink of money

    The smell of copper coins; used to mock someone's excessive obsession with wealth or a profits-before-everything mentality

    tóng​chòu

    铜 (literal) → 铜/銅 · tóng · copper 臭 (literal) → 臭 · xiù · smell

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  • created sense approved 铜臭/銅臭 · tóng​xiù · stench of corruption — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    铜臭 / 銅臭

    tóng​xiù

    stench of corruption

    Used to mock those who purchase government offices with money, referencing the story of Cui Lie in the Later Han dynasty

    tóng​chòu

    铜 (literal) → 铜/銅 · tóng · copper 臭 (literal) → 臭 · xiù · smell

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

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