穿金戴银 — Chinese idiom
穿金戴银
chuān jīn dài yín
Traditional: 穿金戴銀
Meaning
- richly bedecked
- dripping with gold and silver
Character by character
- 穿chuānto drill, to pierce; to dress, to wear
- 金jīngold, metal; money
- 戴dàito support; to respect; to put on, to wear; surnam
- 银yínsilver; cash, money, wealth
Idioms sharing a character
- 一眼看穿 yī yǎn kàn chuān
- 妄生穿凿 wàng shēng chuān záo
- 户限为穿 hù xiàn wéi chuān
- 水滴石穿 shuǐ dī shí chuān
- 没吃没穿 méi chī méi chuān
- 滴水石穿 dī shuǐ shí chuān
- 滴水穿石 dī shuǐ chuān shí
- 百步穿杨 bǎi bù chuān yáng
- 眼穿肠断 yǎn chuān cháng duàn
- 磨穿铁砚 mó chuān tiě yàn
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