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Definition(s) for: 一掷千金

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
一掷千金 yī zhì qiān jīn - lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly
- extravagant

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 32,713 45,537 43,842

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- one
- single
- a (article)
- as soon as
- entire; whole; all; throughout
- "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
zhì- to toss
- to throw dice
- Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
qiān- thousand
qiān- used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1qian1]
jīn- surname Jin
- surname Kim (Korean)
- Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
jīn- gold
- chemical element Au
- generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
- money
- golden
- highly respected
- one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

Other Words Containing 一掷千金

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
一掷千金 - - 32,713 45,537 43,842