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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
huī- to wave
- to brandish
- to command
- to conduct
- to scatter
- to disperse
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]
- as
- as if
- such as
- Tu (ethnic group)
- surname Tu
- 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

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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