千金一掷 — Chinese idiom
千金一掷
qiān jīn yī zhì
Traditional: 千金一擲
Meaning
- lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw ; to throw away money recklessly
- extravagant
Character by character
- 千qiānthousand; many, numerous; very
- 金jīngold, metal; money
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 掷zhìto throw, to hurl, to fling, to cast
Idioms sharing a character
- 一刻千金 yī kè qiān jīn
- 一字千金 yī zì qiān jīn
- 一掷千金 yī zhì qiān jīn
- 一日千里 yī rì qiān lǐ
- 一落千丈 yī luò qiān zhàng
- 一言千金 yī yán qiān jīn
- 一诺千金 yī nuò qiān jīn
- 千依百顺 qiān yī bǎi shùn
- 千刀万剐 qiān dāo wàn guǎ
- 千千万万 qiān qiān wàn wàn
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