guǐ​tuī​mò

to work hard for money

  • created sense approved 鬼推磨 · guǐ​tuī​mò · to work hard for money — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鬼推磨

    guǐ​tuī​mò

    to work hard for money

    To work extremely hard or do anything for money; often used in the phrase [[有钱能使鬼推磨|有錢能使鬼推磨|you3 qian2 neng2 shi3 gui3 tui1 mo4]], meaning that money can make anything happen

    鬼 (literal) → 鬼 · guǐ · ghost 推磨 (literal) → 推磨 · tuī​mò · to turn a millstone

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  • created sense approved 鬼推磨 · guǐ​tuī​mò · to shift blame — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鬼推磨

    guǐ​tuī​mò

    to shift blame

    (Mainland China) To shift responsibility or blame back and forth between people continually; to pass the buck continuously.

    鬼 (literal) → 鬼 · guǐ · ghost 推磨 (literal) → 推磨 · tuī​mò · to turn a millstone

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

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