爱财如命 — Chinese idiom
爱财如命
ài cái rú mìng
Traditional: 愛財如命
Meaning
- lit. to love money as much as one's own life
- fig. avaricious
- tightfisted
Character by character
- 爱àito love, to like, to be fond of; love, affection
- 财cáiriches, wealth, valuables
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 命mìnglife; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
Idioms sharing a character
- 因爱成恨 yīn ài chéng hèn
- 嫌贫爱富 xián pín ài fù
- 忠君爱国 zhōng jūn ài guó
- 爱不忍释 ài bù rěn shì
- 爱不释手 ài bù shì shǒu
- 爱屋及乌 ài wū jí wū
- 爱惜羽毛 ài xī yǔ máo
- 爱才若渴 ài cái ruò kě
- 爱民如子 ài mín rú zǐ
- 爱理不理 ài lǐ bù lǐ
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