created sense approved 鬼推磨 · guǐtuīmò · to work hard for money — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
鬼推磨
guǐtuīmò
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 · tuīmò · to turn a millstone
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created sense approved 鬼推磨 · guǐtuīmò · to shift blame — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
鬼推磨
guǐtuīmò
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 · tuīmò · to turn a millstone
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition