升官发财 — Chinese idiom
升官发财
shēng guān fā cái
Traditional: 升官發財
Meaning
- to be promoted and gain wealth
Character by character
- 升shēngto advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise
- 官guānofficial, public servant
- 发fāto issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
- 财cáiriches, wealth, valuables
Idioms sharing a character
- 升堂入室 shēng táng rù shì
- 升斗小民 shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
- 四海升平 sì hǎi shēng píng
- 明升暗降 míng shēng àn jiàng
- 歌舞升平 gē wǔ shēng píng
- 鸡犬升天 jī quǎn shēng tiān
- 一官半职 yī guān bàn zhí
- 加官进位 jiā guān jìn wèi
- 加官进爵 jiā guān jìn jué
- 加官进禄 jiā guān jìn lù
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