善财难舍 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to cherish wealth and find it hard to give up ; refusing to contribute to charity
• skinflint
• miserly

Character by character

• 善shàngood, virtuous, charitable, kind
• 财cáiriches, wealth, valuables
• 难nánhard, difficult, arduous; unable
• 舍shěhouse, dwelling; to reside, to dwell; to abandon,

Idioms sharing a character

• 乏善可陈 fá shàn kě chén
• 兼善天下 jiān shàn tiān xià
• 劝善惩恶 quàn shàn chéng è
• 善始善终 shàn shǐ shàn zhōng
• 善有善报 shàn yǒu shàn bào
• 善罢甘休 shàn bà gān xiū
• 善自为谋 shàn zì wéi móu
• 善自珍摄 shàn zì zhēn shè
• 善解人意 shàn jiě rén yì
• 多愁善感 duō chóu shàn gǎn

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