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剖腹藏珠
pōu​fù​cáng​zhū

to sacrifice one's life for money

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
剖腹藏珠 pōu​fù​cáng​zhū
to sacrifice one's life for money
Literally meaning to cut open one's stomach to hide a pearl; used to describe people who value money more than their own lives or who waste great effort on trivial things.
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