摸金校尉 — Chinese idiom
摸金校尉
mō jīn xiào wèi
Meaning
- military title said to have existed in the Han dynasty, allegedly granted to officials tasked with retrieving gold from tombs to fund military campaigns; (in popular fiction) tomb raider
Character by character
- 摸mōto caress, to stroke, to gently touch
- 金jīngold, metal; money
- 校xiàoschool; military field officer
- 尉wèiofficer, military rank
Idioms sharing a character
- 偷偷摸摸 tōu tōu mō mō
- 偷鸡摸狗 tōu jī mō gǒu
- 合眼摸象 hé yǎn mō xiàng
- 捉摸不定 zhuō mō bù dìng
- 浑水摸鱼 hún shuǐ mō yú
- 鬼摸脑壳 guǐ mō nǎo ké
- 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
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