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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 挥金如土
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 挥金如土 | huī jīn rú tǔ | - lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom) - fig. to spend money like water - 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 38,826 | 66,177 | 58,464 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 挥 | huī | - to wave - to brandish - to command - to conduct - to scatter - to disperse |
| 金 | jīn | - surname Jin - surname Kim (Korean) - Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234) |
| 金 | 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] |
| 如 | rú | - as - as if - such as |
| 土 | tǔ | - Tu (ethnic group) - surname Tu |
| 土 | tǔ | - earth - dust - clay - local - indigenous - crude opium - unsophisticated - one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] |
Other Words Containing 挥金如土
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 挥金如土 | - | - | 38,826 | 66,177 | 58,464 |