见钱眼开 — Chinese idiom
见钱眼开
jiàn qián yǎn kāi
Traditional: 見錢眼開
Meaning
- to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit ; thinking of nothing but personal gain
- money-grubbing
Character by character
- 见jiànto see, to observe, to meet, to appear
- 钱qiánmoney, currency, coins
- 眼yǎneyelet, hole, opening
- 开kāito open; to start, to initiate, to begin
Idioms sharing a character
- 一孔之见 yī kǒng zhī jiàn
- 一般见识 yī bān jiàn shi
- 一见钟情 yī jiàn zhōng qíng
- 一见高低 yī jiàn gāo dī
- 一针见血 yī zhēn jiàn xiě
- 不见不散 bù jiàn bù sàn
- 不见天日 bù jiàn tiān rì
- 不见经传 bù jiàn jīng zhuàn
- 井蛙之见 jǐng wā zhī jiàn
- 兵戎相见 bīng róng xiāng jiàn
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