挥金如土 — Chinese idiom
挥金如土
huī jīn rú tǔ
Traditional: 揮金如土
Meaning
- lit. to squander money like dirt
- fig. to spend money like water
- extravagant
Character by character
- 挥huīto direct; to squander; to wave; to wipe away
- 金jīngold, metal; money
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 土tǔsoil, earth; items made of earth
Idioms sharing a character
- 挥毫洒墨 huī háo sǎ mò
- 挥洒自如 huī sǎ zì rú
- 挥霍无度 huī huò wú dù
- 一刻千金 yī kè qiān jīn
- 一字千金 yī zì qiān jīn
- 一掷千金 yī zhì qiān jīn
- 一言千金 yī yán qiān jīn
- 一诺千金 yī nuò qiān jīn
- 千金一掷 qiān jīn yī zhì
- 千金一诺 qiān jīn yī nuò
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