千金一掷 — Chinese idiom

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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